Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, The British Commonwealth; Europe, Volume III

740.0011 EW (Peace)/7–2947: Telegram

The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Clark) to the Secretary of State

secret

London, July 29, 1947—4 p. m.

4116. According to Jebb¹ Foreign Office Soviets have told British Ambassador Moscow² that Soviets (1) agree to urgency depositing ratification treaties; (2) feel deposit ratifications should take place simultaneously Moscow and Paris but that (3) ratifications should not be deposited until satellites and Italy have ratified. In other words, Soviets, through satellites, will determine date effectiveness all treaties.

Sent Dept, repeated Moscow 255, Paris 422, Rome 89.

Clark

1. Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, Assistant Under-Secretary of State and United Nations Adviser in the Foreign Office.
2. Sir Maurice Drummond Peterson.