STATUS OF RECIPRECITY NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE BRITISH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010117-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 117
• Publication Date: September 12, 1947
• Content Type: MEMO

# SEW IS September 1947
1KNOAARMI FOR =S ASBISIAST DIBtCTOSI FOR OPLUTIOIS,
$UBdBCls status of Ioaiproaity Negotiations with the British
The present status at the reoiproslty negotiatiams with the British
Osreraasat for the tree onhaage of assitored iatoraatisa is as follow,
1. TM Foreign Office. repreaeating the British Oavernoont, in a
letter to me on 14 dome 1947 has apprond the monitoring reeiprosity (TA I
proposed by 010 Saslwdimg tAo transfer of the Cairo post to Cyprus, bat
not laoluding the payment e: eazaualoatlons from Cyprus to Landon by the
British.
_. TM ioreiga Ottie ass reoowasnded to the Britaah Treasury that
it gin ap,,rwai for MG to pay the oost of aawesreiai oaamrsieatinas
fret Cyprus to Louden.
i. The British Treasury has asaeurrod with this request it an oft
dofra the cost out of its present appropriation.
4. MIC eau hsadlo this most during this fisoel year but want make,
a somnitasat to CIG for tie suooosding fiscal year bogisniug 1 April 1t"
until it rsaeina its appropriation for that tiseal year.
g? On S ioagpet 1917, I wrote to the hinter of the ADC loitering
wsso our proposal for rooiprooity bstrssa no and IBIS
felle (~-A
Government to to ipt of the agreement in principle free the British
Samuel 1404. BBC has not replied to this letter to
data doe to the fast that it eau only gin agreement for the proses!
Sia .s. such a sopl d of pryer for aomommial s.rwointis" troy
tlaa on o Surly aesdeals erase we spare ypras baton the sspiretiaa of their tisoal vUl not be I&
peer on mesh
31, in?. lhsaeatsrs, no desisw to postpoas an answer to this letter
soul it nseiws its ailssatiaa or tomes per fiscal year iMP? it
atgests to resolve this alieeatiea of sines sethis throe woks Ssrsupsa
it will reply to up letter at i August aM ogres to assuafag the seat
of !leas oonwataat;aaa it it swarms suttisiset fiords from the Traaaery.
Ao?Ilmenelal asptiattsas dossribsd abar? are tied is with to
proseat Irittal- flaassiel plight. We treasury holds the Sip lead seer
nni
as to whetbsr /BC sea pad, tae fiftie es y 'be d gate the ds
is the Cypnts sesssrsisatlsas oast. p,rMs ~?~ !a-olwd
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I Mull alias that us mks no further n a until we resolve a
reply to q ltttet at 8 iagaat+ I as stand that suit a reply would
be for*sestai Within three ski mad if we OWN any soalt mate prior
to that tis, it ay IN & then to bslisrs that the United dtatee would,
aanr+ nspmalbility for thin oannsaloatiow is order to pntsot say
iwrsstast ado as Qjpras.
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