840.70/11–844: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Gallman)
9345. For EITO Delegation. ReEmbs 9364, October 30, 1944. Department agrees that if during the period of US participation in EITO present controls are liquidated or materially altered it might be impossible for this Government to honor fully its commitments under Article VIII, section 4 as presently drafted.
The text in the immediately following clear telegram has been approved by the interested divisions of ECA74 and WEA75 and is [Page 855] submitted as a possible substitute. It has not been submitted to the Postwar Program Committee. Your comments are solicited. This new text might also be more acceptable to the British and the continental powers since they too may lack adequate controls to implement this section as originally drafted.