Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume II

740.00119 (Potsdam)/8–145

No. 1399
The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bidault)

No. 677

[Paris, August 1, 1945.]

Excellency: I have just received telephonic instructions¹ from the Secretary of State who is at Potsdam to convey to Your Excellency an invitation to the Government of France to become a member of the Allied Commission on Reparations. My Government trusts that the Government of France will be willing to accept this invitation and will appoint a representative as soon as possible.

I avail myself [etc.]

Jefferson Caffery

[Enclosure]

The Governments of the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the U. S. S. R. have pleasure in inviting the Provisional French Government to take part in the work of the Allied Commission on Reparations. They trust that the Provisional French Government will be willing to accept this invitation and appoint a representative as soon as possible.

Paris, August 1, 1945.

1. A copy of the invitation enclosed with this note which is in the Central Files of the Department of State (file No. 740.00119 EW/8–145), in which the names of the three Powers in the opening sentence are all abbreviated, bears the following manuscript notation: “Telephoned to Caffery. Will be delivered at 5 p.m. Aug. 1???”