Messages from Prime Minister Clement Attlee to President Harry S. Truman

Palestone CION SECRET COPY 10 June 1946 From: The Prime Minister To: The President Nr: 3020 (101655Z) Personal and Top Secret from Prime Minister Attlee to President Truman. Thank you for your message of June 5. I am very glad to hear that you will be able to send a group of officials to discuss the problem with our officials here. You will, of course, understand that his Majesty's Govt will not feel able to determine their policy on any one of the committee's recommendations until they have examined the results of the official consul- tations on the report as a whole. As regards the admission of 100,000 immigrants, for example, it is necessary to consider not only the physical problems involved but also the political reactions and possible military consequences. These in turn may be found to depend to some extent on the conclusions reached in respect of the committee's other recommendations. In the circumstances we consider that it is preferable that the discussions should begin with the full groups on both sides, and doubt whether any useful purpose would be served by the sending of an advance party. Recd 10/1950Z TOD SECRINE DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) 7-15-75 Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9 1973 FRIOFO U.S. 1986 vd. VII P.623 By NLT- He , NARS Date 12.1-75