Telegram from John G. Winant to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius

DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION PEM-1559 London This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated May 8, 1945 fore being communicated to anyone. (CECRET) Rec'd 7:25 p.m. Secretary of State, DECLASSIFIED Washington. E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NLT-CC NARS Date 7-25-75 US URGENT 4645, May 8, 8 p.m. FROM HODGSON Lord Finlay, representative of the United Kingdom on the War Crimes Commission called upon me in the afternoon of May 7, 1945, and said that the Foreign Office had informed him that Judge Rosenman had in- formed Mr. Eden that I had cabled the Department that Lord Wright, chairman of the commission, was consider- ing whether he would resign as chairman and as a member of the commission because he, (Lord Wright) felt that the commission was not receiving the support of the United Kingdom and United States Governments. Reference is made to Embassy's cable 4472, May 3, 1945. Lord Finlay said that this advice perturbed his govern- ment and that if Lord Wright decided to resign it might seriously affect certai : n negotiations now in progress. He said that Mr. Eden was disturbed by it, and if necessary would = ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICEN AND