840.48 Refugees/853: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)
667. For Rublee. Your 1253, October 27, 7 p.m. The Department has given continuous thought to the question of the possible utilization of refugee property in Germany as an element in the Committee’s problem of arranging migration, and a general joint conference with Treasury was held yesterday with particular regard to the plan transmitted in your 1253. A number of serious technical difficulties are evident. We are giving further consideration to all aspects of the matter and will send you within a few days a comprehensive discussion of the whole problem and certain new suggestions.
With reference to point 6 of your second section, while we have heard unofficially that Brinkmann is contemplating an early visit to this country, we understand that it would be for exploratory purposes, and in any event we are not prepared to enter into commercial negotiations with the German Government at this time.
With reference to point 7 of your second section, the Commercial Attaché at Berlin is in the best position to furnish comprehensive up-to-date information and we are instructing the Embassy there to furnish you such data as it can.