868.00/8–1045
The Department of State to the British Embassy
Memorandum
With reference to His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy’s Aide-Mémoire of August 10, 1945 (reference 1610/ /45) and previous correspondence referred to therein suggesting that the proposed Three-Power Commission to investigate alleged Greek violations in Macedonia of the principles of international law laid down in the Atlantic Charter, the Declaration by United Nations and the Charter of United Nations and to submit recommendations for acceptance by the Yugoslav and Greek Governments be widened to a Four-Power Commission to include the French, the Department of State is now instructing the United States Embassy in Paris to inquire whether the French Government is prepared to join in this proposed undertaking.63 At the same time the Department of State is instructing the American Embassies at Moscow, Belgrade, and Athens64 to inform the Soviet, Yugoslav and Greek Governments of the approach it is making to the French Government in the matter.
As regards the British Government’s further suggestion that the Commission’s terms of reference should be clearly denned, the Department of State is in accord with this view but believes that specific definition beyond the limitation that the Commission’s work would be confined to investigating violations of the three documents above mentioned and to making recommendations to the two governments concerned might well await agreement by the powers to participate in principle.
- Telegram 3829, August 13, 1945, 7 p.m., to Paris, not printed. It conveyed substantially the same message as that to London and Moscow on July 31; see footnote 53, p. 331.↩
- Telegrams 1818, 243, and 814, August 13, 1945, respectively; none printed; Ambassador Winant was similarly informed in telegram 6865, August 13, 1945, 7 p.m., to London, not printed.↩