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J. 333305MONO-State
Galley 401
UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF
affairs. "It would be a mistake for Harriman to approach Stalin as
long as there is a possibility that the tension in Iran is easing."
:
:
CIVILIAN SUPPLY
At 11 o'clock Monday morning, Secretary Stettinius received Mr.
Richard Law, Minister of State of the British Foreign Office. He
stated he was here to discuss only economic matters, shipping and
feeding of liberated countries. While the Secretary told him at first
that his opposite in our Government would be Mr. Acheson, it was
decided later in the week that, because Law's project cut across
several Departments and also because he represented "His entire
Government", Mr. Harry Hopkins should work with Mr. Law, in
close consultation with Mr. Acheson. Lord Halifax, Mr. Harry
Hopkins and Mr. Law met with the Secretary in his office Tuesday
noon in regard to shipping. Mr. Hopkins stated that "this thing
would have to be handled in an extremely delicate way" because of
military and other pressures.
6
"The central theme of the
Points appear in the original.
discussion was that immediate relief for civilians to keep them happy
and contented was a part of modern war." Hopkins and Law went
to lunch together to talk this matter over, and were finally to put it
up to the Secretary regarding "what our next step would be."
WAR CRIMES
Mr. Herbert Pell reported that he had been "working under a great
hardship in London" with insufficient staff and that "the Australian
representative was about to resign 6 in disgust." Pell found it
hard to operate because he had "practically no instructions.
6
He appealed for clarification of our policy toward war criminals." Sec-
retary Stettinius told him "I would undertake the responsibility of
having the policy clarified." The Department's Legal adviser, Mr.
Hackworth, had just informed the Secretary that "Army, Navy and
Justice are studying the policy matter not yet established."
7Cf. ante, p.
Week of 24-31 December 1944
:
[Stettinius had a talk with Lord Halifax on Tuesday.]
The
question of a joint British-American position on possible Soviet recog-
nition of the Lublin Committee was also mentioned.
UNITED NATIONS (BIG-THREE CONFERENCE)
On Saturday, December 30, newspapers reported that "Stettinius
has no plans at present for going to London," although the day before
a rumor ran that "Stettinius will meet Eden in London to get first-
hand account of the Greek situation." It was said that at the next
Big-Three Meeting the President would have to put aside his usual
!
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