740.00119 PW/9–1746
The Norwegian Embassy to the Department of State5
Aide-Mémoire
According to press reports from Canberra, the Australian Government has presented claims for a whaling factory ship and eight catcher boats as part of the Australian reparations claims from Japan.
In this connection the Norwegian Embassy has been asked to express to the Department of State the assumption of the Norwegian Government that the Allied Control Authorities for Japan will not give any country a promise of special reparations assets in anticipation of the general settlement of Japanese reparations. The Norwegian Authorities assume that the allocation of Japanese reparations will be handled in generally the same manner as the German reparations settlement by an interallied body with membership from all allied countries, entitled to reparations, including Norway.
- In handing this aide-mémoire to a member of the Department, the Norwegian Embassy’s representative stated his Government’s particular interest in securing Japanese reparations. The Department’s written reply, dated November 5, stated that when a decision was reached on the question of a modus operandi for handling Japanese reparations, the Norwegian Embassy would be informed (740.00119 PW/9–1746).↩