894.60/7–2447
The Assistant Secretary of State (Hilldring) to the Assistant Secretary of War (Petersen)
Dear Pete: Your letter of 24 July in conjunction with our oral discussions of the Strike Corporation Mission to Japan is a satisfactory settlement of the differences which had apparently existed between the viewpoints of the Departments on this matter. I am very happy that the misapprehensions have been disposed of and that the necessary modifications in the contract arrangements will be made in the manner that you suggest in your letter.
If the instructions outlined in your letter are given to Overseas Consultants, Inc., the State Department will be wholly satisfied on these points. I, personally, am most gratified by this resolution of the apparent differences.
You suggested in one of your communications to me that the interim reports of the Corporation will be made available to the War and State Departments in order to facilitate our consideration of the level of industry and allied matters in the period prior to the submission [Page 422] of the final report of the Corporation. The State Department is most anxious that these reports be made available on the same basis as they are made available to SCAP, and as regularly as possible, in order to assist in the formation of our official position in FEC and for the guidance of our general consideration of Japanese economic matters including reparations.
Sincerely yours,