Memoranda from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman
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OCR Page 1 of 8TOP CRODEIT
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. NARS Date 6.2675
of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
May 7, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
S.
is ARCHIVES UNATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE*
Subject: Current Foreign Develonments
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PUBLICATION OF OF CONTROL MACHINERY ARRANGE-
MUNTS. Winant reports that the EAC on May 4 approved
sumeries of the control machinery and occupation arrange-
ments for Germany for comunication to the European Allied
Governments. The Soviet representative hns however not yet
received Russian consent to trenemitting these summaries.
As soon as the summeries are sent to the Allies Winant believes
thet a summary will be approved for publication.
DISPOSITION OF LAVAL. The French representative in
Medrid has formally requested the Spanish Foreign Minister
to deliver Laval and his party to French authorities at the
frontier. The Spanish Foreign Minister subsequently informed
the American and British ambassadors that the Spanish Govern-
ment could not consider acceding to this request which ran
counter to international law and treditional relations between
Spain and France. Spain WR.S however more than enxious to get
rid of Lavel and would agree to putting him and his party on
a British or American ship or to put him across the border at
Gibralter where he could be turned over to the French. Ambas-
sador Armour has informed his British and French colleagues
that the United States will agree to the delivery of Laval to
the British at Gibralter.
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