875.6363/93

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Great Britain ( Wheeler )

No. 927

Sir: In reply to your despatch No. 2487, June 8, 1923, with regard to a conversation between secretaries of the Embassy and Mr. L. I. Thomas and Mr. Montague Piesse of the Standard Oil Company of New York with regard to the latter’s interests in Albania, the Department desires to inform you that Mr. Thomas has not yet called at the Department or communicated the information, to which the Embassy alludes, with regard to the Company’s negotiations in Albania.

It is therefore desired that you furnish the Department by despatch, for its confidential information, the substance of the information communicated to you by Mr. Thomas and Mr. Piesse.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
Leland Harrison