Office of the Historian

840.48 Refugees/2381a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Johnson)

Washington, December 11, 1940—9 p.m.

3768. For Achilles. Please tell Lord Winterton and Sir Herbert Emerson that a full dress meeting will be held on January 30, 1941, in the Dominican Republic to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the contract between the Dominican Government and the Settlement [Page 245] Association. The Governments members of the Intergovernmental Committee will be represented. Van Zeeland and Warren will be among those present and messages from the most prominent personalities associated with the development of the Evian program will be read. It is hoped that Winterton and Emerson will send messages and that they will agree that Wagg82 may represent the Intergovernmental Committee on this occasion. Mr. Myron Taylor concurs.

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  1. Alfred Wagg, Secretary of the Intergovernmental Committee.↩