811.2360H/9–346: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Yugoslavia (Patterson)
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578. Immediately following telegram contains text of note handed [Page 946] to Yugo Chargé d’Affaires this afternoon.63 It will be released to the press for use after 10 p.m. Washington time. You should present a copy as soon as possible to Tito, or in his absence, to Acting MinFonAff. With reference to final para re indemnification you should state orally that with a view to effecting prompt settlement of the matter your Govt is prepared to accept for appropriate distribution by it lump sum of $360,000 in satisfaction and settlement of all claims of US and its nationals for losses and damages sustained in connection with attacks of Yugo planes on Amer transport planes on Aug 9 and Aug 19. You should make it clear that amount covers indemnification for families and dependents of deceased crew members and also property loss sustained by US Govt but no amount for punitive damages.
- Telegram 579 to Belgrade, not printed; for text of note of September 3, from the Acting Secretary of State to the Yugoslav Chargé. see Department of State Bulletin, September 15, 1946, p. 501. The note was prepared in consultation with the Secretary of State in Paris.↩