Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, The Near East and Africa, Volume VII

868.00/11–1446: Telegram

The Ambassador in Greece (MacVeagh) to the Secretary of State

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Athens, November 14, 1946—10 a.m.
[Received 11:51 a.m.]

1569. See mytel 1499, November 2.⁴¹ PriMin in talk with me last evening brought up question of his visiting US and I read him essential parts of Deptel 1403 of October 30. He replied that after seeing how events develop here in near future and before making final decision he will again talk with me. However, he feels at present that since solution of Greece’s main problems both as regards security and reconstruction depend principally on decisions to be made in New York⁴² and Washington he would risk important loss of prestige here where politics are so largely personal if he failed to go to US at least for brief period at this critical juncture.

MacVeagh

41. Not printed.
42. The Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers met at New York City from November 4 to December 12, 1946.