Office of the Historian

868.50/1–546: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Greece (MacVeagh)

Washington, January 5, 1946—6 p.m.

11. Note to Greek Govt outlined Deptel 1200 Nov 28 now in final form for release when Greek loan receives Eximbank approval which is expected almost immediately after Jan 1. In approving note President expressed personal feeling of extreme friendliness to Greek people.

When Dept telegraphs instructions please deliver note to FonOff with information that it is being released to press in US and request that it be made available in its entirety to press in Greece. Text of note in immediately following telegram.68

Sent to Athens as Depts no. 11; to London as Depts no. 118.

Byrnes
  1. No. 12, January 5, 1946, 6 p.m. (repeated to London as No. 119), not printed. In telegram 30, January 9, 1946, 7 p.m. (repeated to London as No. 253), the Department notified the Ambassador in Greece that the Export-Import Bank had approved the loan to Greece the same morning and authorized the Ambassador to present the note to the Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs the morning of January 12 (868.50/1–946). The note was released by the Department on January 12; the text, as given in draft, is printed on p. 291, with changes there indicated.↩