Office of the Historian

740.00119 EAC/5–1045: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, May 10, 1945—8 p.m.
[Received May 10—5:30 p.m.]

4688. Comea 234. The UK Representative on the European Advisory Commission has circulated a memorandum regarding giving effect to paragraph 9 of the report of the EAC of Nov. 14, 1944,40 transmitting the agreement on control machinery in Germany. UK proposes that a public statement be made that in connection with the exercise by the four occupying powers of supreme authority with respect to Germany the four Governments intend to consult with the Governments of other United Nations. Suitable modification of wording is proposed, depending on whether the surrender instrument or the surrender declaration is issued by the four Governments. Full text by air.41

Winant
  1. Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. i, p. 404.↩
  2. The memorandum by the United Kingdom Representative on the European Advisory Commission, designated as document E.A.C. (45) 52, May 7, 1945, was transmitted to the Department in despatch 22957, May 10, from London; neither printed (740.00119 EAC/5–1045).↩