Editorial Note
Lord Jellicoe, the Second Secretary of the British Embassy in Washington, called on Llewellyn E. Thompson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, on February 15 to deliver a letter setting forth the British Foreign Office’s considered comments on the Department of State policy paper of September 21, 1949 on Albania ( Foreign Relations, 1949, volume V, page 320), a copy of which had been given to the British Embassy in October 1949. In his letter and orally, Jellicoe explained that the Foreign Office fully agreed with United States policy if its implementation were viewed as a long-term objective. On the other hand, the British felt that Yugoslavia was currently hard-pressed, that the pressure on Yugoslavia would increase during 1950, and that the current overriding consideration was to avoid any activity with respect to Albania which would increase the danger of Yugoslavia’s position. Thompson indicated to Jellicoe that the British comments seemed in general to accord with the thinking of the Department of State (Jellicoe letter to Thompson, February 15 and memorandum of conversation by Thompson, February 15: 611.67/2–1550).