Office of the Historian

740.0011 PW (Peace)/8–2047: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Australia

secret
Washington, August 22, 1947—6 p.m.

199. Urtel 247, Aug 20.35 No definite date for calling peace conference been set in view of fact impossible to predict nature or date of Soviet reply to US aide-mémoire of Aug 12. You may tell External Affairs that in view of shortness of time it seems unlikely conference can convene by Sept 10.36

Lovett
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Telegram 250, August 25, 1 p.m., from Canberra, reported Dr. Evatt’s opinion that it was urgently necessary to hold the peace conference before the UNGA meeting, even if only a few days beforehand, and that the meeting should take place even if the Soviet Government refused to attend (740.0011 PW (Peace)/8–2547).↩