Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman

DECLASSIFIED F.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 DEPARTMENT OF STATE BYNLTHA, NAR6 Date 6-26-75 WASHINGTON April 30, 1945 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Provisional Organization for European Inland Transport. Agreement has been reached in London between dele- gates of the United States, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Norway to establish a provisional organization for European inland transport. This agreement would bring provisionally into force, as between the signatory powers, the Draft Agreement annexed thereto. This Government has supported the establishment of this organization, since it would aid our military opera- tions and be of help in the ensuing occupation and transi- tional period. Last October President Roosevelt approved an earlier version of the Draft Agreement for signature as an Execu- tive Agreement. The present agreements differ in two major respects: a. The organization is provisionally established on a Western European basis, although it is under- stood that the Soviet Union would be invited to designate observers. b. The authority of the organization and the under- takings of member governments have been watered down so that it is now primarily a coordinating and consultative body. I am C. s RECORDS SERVICE* AND of