711.562/1: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in the Netherlands (Tobin)
60. Your 65, December 5, 8 p.m. You may inform the Minister for Foreign Affairs that this Government is disposed to begin negotiations at once and if agreeable to the Netherlands Government will forward a copy of the proposed draft to the Dutch Minister in Washington within the next ten or fifteen days. Copy will be sent you for your information.
Department for obvious reasons desires to conduct the negotiations in Washington and trusts that there will be no objection on the part of the Netherlands Government to having them conducted here.
The announcement regarding the negotiations suggested by the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be released for publication on December 8th.