851.6131/5–2247: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in France
1874. Dept has released following to press:
“The Dept of State is today in receipt of a communication1 from the French Embassy referring to the additional allocation of 150,000 tons of corn which was made to France on May 15, 1947, to assist the latter in meeting its critical grain shortage. The note states that this supplementary allocation added to more than 500,000 tons of grain already allocated to France within the last several months has been received by the French people with the greatest possible satisfaction, and the French Govt is most grateful for the sympathetic understanding demonstrated by the United States with respect to the situation in France and for the constant effort of American services to permit the delivery of the grains thus allocated.”
Understand FrEmb issuing similar communiqué.
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