868.00/10–3046: Telegram
The Ambassador in Greece (MacVeagh) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 1—10:23 a.m.]
1491. During visit received this morning from Under Minister Foreign Office I read him Dept’s 1385 of October 24 and at his request am [Page 256] supplying Foreign Office with memorandum covering the ideas therein expressed. He advised me by all means to communicate same to King and was outspokenly critical of Prime Minister whom he accused of seeing Foreign Affairs wholly in light of local politics and of having been afraid in Paris to tell Greek public the truth about national claims. He said that “impossibility” of these being satisfied under existing conditions was made perfectly understandable to Greek delegation but that Prime Minister personally prevented facts from being communicated to Greek press and persisted in encouraging idea that Greece could still urge claims with some hope of success. Dragoumis himself since his recent return from Paris has publicly attempted to counteract the damage done (see paragraph 5, mytel 1482, October 3026).
Though King already acquainted with problem through my discussion with him of Embtel 1336 of October 15 [3]26 and both he and his political adviser Pipinelis personally see matter of Greek claims in proper perspective (mytels 1384 of October 11 and 1344 of October 427) I shall not fail to use earliest opportunity to communicate to Palace also the substance of Deptel 1385 of October 24.