Office of the Historian

868.24/8–3046

The Acting Secretary of State to the Greek Chargé (Economou-Gouras)

The Acting Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Greece and has the pleasure to reply to his note No. 4589 of August 30, 194695 requesting credit for the Greek Government for the purchase of United States surplus property;

On September 20, 1946 an additional credit of $10,000,000 was granted the Greek Government to enable it to bid on $12,000,000 of maritime equipment; and on September 27, 1946 an additional credit of $25,000,000 was extended to the Greek Government for the purchase of surplus property located in Italy, Belgium and Germany.96

Washington, October 8, 1946.
  1. Not printed; it advised that the $10,000,000 credit granted to the Greek Government on May 16 would shortly be exhausted and requested an additional credit, as extensive as possible, to enable the Greek Government to make further purchases of surplus property (868.24/8–3046).↩
  2. The agreements embodying these additional credits were signed by Maj. Gen. Donald H. Connolly, successor to Mr. McCabe as Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, and Mr. Economou-Gouras on September 25 and October 4, 1946, respectively (868.51/10–2446).↩