868.00/8–1045
The British Embassy to the Department of State
Ref. 1610/ /45
Aide-Mémoire
On August 8th His Majesty’s Embassy transmitted to the State Department a paraphrase of a telegram dated August 6th from the Foreign Office to Washington suggesting that the proposed Three-Power Commission of investigation into alleged persecution of Slavs in Greek Macedonia should be widened to a Four-Power Commission to include the French. In the covering letter the observations of the Department were invited.
[Page 337]2. A telegram has now been received from the Foreign Office expressing the hope that an early reply from the State Department will be forthcoming as Mr. Bevin would like to be able to refer to this step when Parliament meets. He therefore hopes that by August 16th or thereabouts the procedure will have been agreed upon and an invitation issued to the French.