740.00119 Control (Germany)/5–2845
The British Embassy to the Department of State
Aide-Mémoire
The State Department made an enquiry as to the interpretation of the following passage in paragraph 6 of the British Embassy’s aide-mémoire of May 24th.
“His Majesty’s Government feel strongly that no withdrawal of British and American troops from the present tactical boundary line to the agreed zones of occupation should take place until outstanding questions have been cleared up with the Soviet Government.”
2. The Foreign Office now state that by this passage they meant that British and American forces should not withdraw to their respective permanent zones of occupation in Germany until the whole question of the future relations of the two Governments with the Soviet Government in Europe generally had been discussed and settled at the projected meeting of the President of the United States, the Prime Minister and Marshal Stalin.