Office of the Historian

840.50 Recovery/9–1747: Telegram

The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
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Paris, September 17, 1947—3 p. m.

4015. For Lovett and Bonesteel from Caffery. CEEC has met or is in progress of meeting points 1 to 5 inclusive, reported my 3709 September 12, 1 p. m. New provisions are satisfactory and in some cases exceed, from the standpoint of the firmness of commitments, our expectations. On point 6 Franks met yesterday evening with Swedish delegate who had just returned from Stockholm. On basis this conversation Franks redrafted multilateral organization provision in a form which is slightly weaker but still meets our condition. He is hopeful that both Swedish and Swiss delegates will approve this new formula, which Clayton, Douglas and I have indicated as satisfactory, but is not certain whether their two governments will approve. Should have definite information this point by tomorrow. Follows summarizing our discussions of yesterday with 18 delegates which was mutually satisfactory and did much to clear the atmosphere.1

Sent Dept as 4015, repeated London as 753.

Caffery
  1. Text as in original record copy; the reference is presumably to telegram 4025, September 17, from Paris, p. 435.↩