875.01/10–1745
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs (Kohler)
I called the Greek Ambassador and, with reference to our conversation yesterday on the above subject,88 told him that I had consulted the appropriate officers of the Department with the result that we planned to notify him in advance of public announcement regarding any decision we might reach concerning the extension of recognition to the Hoxha regime in Albania. I added that all I could say at the moment was that the question was under serious consideration in consultation with the Allied Powers.
The Ambassador thanked me for this action and information.
- On the previous day the Greek Ambassador had called at his request to inform the Department of his hope that he would be given ample prior notification of any decision taken by the United States Government to recognize the Hoxha regime in Albania, expressing his opinion “that Greece as an Ally with a special interest in Albania was entitled to ask for and to receive such prior notice”; memorandum of conversation of October 17 not printed (875.01/10–1745).↩