800.6354/112: Telegram

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

143. Your 254, February 20, 7 p.m. Your proposed substitution is approved except that it is suggested your second sentence be modified to read: “However, certain phases of the scheme and of its administration do not in the opinion of the United States Government give due regard to these interests”.

Todd will arrive in London before the end of the month70 and will be prepared to discuss the points which can be pressed in the proposed [Page 912] conference with British officials. Instructions from this Department will also be forthcoming including reference to a number of specific aspects in which the international agreement and the buffer stock scheme, and their administration, should undergo modification.

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  1. Todd sailed from New York February 25. At his request delivery of the note was postponed until after he arrived in London and conferred with the Embassy.