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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs (Kohler)
| Participants: | Greek Ambassador |
| Mr. Henderson | |
| Mr. Kohler |
The Greek Ambassador called at his request to discuss current matters.
The Ambassador said that he had received a telegram from his Government stating that it had been very hurt by the communication that Mr. Jacobs, American Political Representative in Albania, had questioned the accuracy of the information supplied by the Greek Government regarding the persecution of the Greek population in northern Epirus (southern Albania).69 The Greek Government felt that it was evident that Mr. Jacobs had made a most cursory examination of the question, without investigating the specific cases cited by the Greek Government and that he had been tricked by Hoxha. It seemed clear to the Greek Government that Hoxha would not have allowed anything to happen during a tour of the American Political Representative, whatever may have happened before and after that tour. The Greek Government also felt impelled to recall that it had previously drawn our attention to a public statement of Mr. Jacobs evidencing a pro-Albanian bias.70