600.0031 World Program/197: Telegram

The Ambassador in Belgium (Gibson) to the Secretary of State

68. My telegram No. 66, August 12, 10 a.m.25 Frère tells me that we need expect no further developments for several weeks. The Prime Minister has come to the conclusion that it would be desirable to have some form of agenda, however general, before undertaking the conversations referred to in the draft note.26 In his opinion it is better to await the conclusion of the discussions which will take place in Geneva in September concerning raw materials,27 etc., before trying to determine what should be embodied in this agenda. I, therefore, doubt whether any further steps will be taken before the end of September.

Gibson
  1. Not printed.
  2. Memorandum dated July 17, p. 684.
  3. See pp. 803 ff.