740.00119 PW/11–1246
Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley to the Secretary of State
My Dear Mr. Secretary: I have today submitted to the President my report dated April 1, 1946, on Japanese Reparations.
The report as submitted includes all the changes agreed upon between members of your staff and my Chief of Staff during the review of the report which they made in March and April. It was submitted to Willard L. Thorp, Assistant Secretary, on 2 May 1946, with a request that it be sponsored by the Department of State in the State, War, Navy Coordinating Committee for the purpose of securing concurrence of that Committee. On October 14, I received a letter from W. L. Clayton, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, to the effect that my report had been the basis of a series of papers which had been approved by the State, War, Navy Coordinating Committee or were under consideration by it.
Since the Department appears to be in full accord with my recommendations, I can see no further reason for keeping the essence of the reparations program a secret. The press and the public have been asking for information and unless I hear from you to the contrary I should like to issue a statement in the form of the attached release.42 I trust you will concur in this action.
May I express my appreciation for the fine cooperation received from yourself and from the many members of your Department who have been involved with me and my staff in the development of this program.
Respectfully,
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