Memorandum from Joseph M. Jones to Loy Henderson
This memorandum from Jones to Henderson (both of whom were State Department officials) includes a description of a White House meeting on February 27, 1947, at which leaders of Congress were briefed on the situation in Greece and Turkey, in the wake of the British notes inform...
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OCR Page 1 of 6February 28, 1947
5: 45 p.m.
Loy,
If I were writing this this evening,
I
would change the emphasis somewhat from the
general dollar problem and bring in more the
necessity for bolstering up democracy through-
out the world. I do not think, therefore, that
you can accept any of this as a literal sugges-
tion, but merely as a bolder and more imagina-
tive presentation of our economic policy needs
in view of today's crisis.
If Mr. Acheson wants to do anything about
this, I think that the best procedure for him
would be to telephone Clark Clifford and raise
the question with him, and, through him, with
the President, as to whether in view of the
Greek crisis, he does not want the Department
to recast the latter half of his Baylor address.
JMJ
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