Land-Leathers conversation, 3 p.m.
51 Ringstrasse, Babelsberg
| Present | ||
|---|---|---|
| United States | United Kingdom | |
| Vice Admiral Land | Lord Leathers | |
| Major General Gross | Major-General Holmes | |
| Mr. Morse | Brigadier Greaves | |
| Mr. Bissell | Mr. Weston | |
| Mr. Nicholson | ||
| Mr. Picknett |
The following subjects were discussed: allocation of shipping for civilian and military passengers; extension of the time during which the United States should have the use of the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary; the conversion of 100 vessels by the United Kingdom; the allocation of captured German passenger vessels for United States use in the movement of troops; the use and possible conversion of the Gripsholm and the Drottningholm; American and British trooplift programs; the possible admission of Italy to the United Maritime Authority and the Mediterranean Shipping Board; possible British payment of charter hire for Italian vessels; the distribution of captured German vessels and their use during the war against Japan; and problems relating to the striking Polish crews on British-operated Polish vessels.