Land-Leathers conversation, 4:30 p.m.
| Present | ||
|---|---|---|
| United States | United Kingdom | |
| Vice Admiral Land | Lord Leathers | |
| Mr. Morse |
The following subjects were discussed: the use of British vessels in the Pacific for CORONET; United States agreement not to request the conversion of 18 British cargo vessels to troopships, subject to the allocation of the Milwaukee to the United States; the allocation of captured German passenger vessels to the United States; the question whether the Milwaukee should be converted in the United States or the United Kingdom and whether this vessel should be manned by American or British crews; the inability of the United Kingdom to supply France with coal during the coming winter and the allocation of American shipping for this purpose; United States support of British coal requirements for bunkering, either on a lend-lease or a pay basis; possible British payment of charter hire for Italian vessels; possible Italian membership in the United Maritime Authority; shipping aspects of a possible revision of the Italian armistice terms and of a peace treaty for Italy; disposition of captured German vessels, the use of the Soviet share in the war against Japan, and the possibility that the Soviet Union might wish to man these vessels; possible Soviet membership in the United Maritime Authority; the relationship of the new Polish Provisional Government of National Unity to the United Maritime Authority; British consent to United States participation in the work of the Capcraft commission in the light of needs of the United States Navy for sea-going tugs for use in CORONET; the mechanism in London to be used for the division of captured German vessels as between the United States and the United Kingdom; and a draft British paper on shipping programs intended for submission to the August meeting of the Council of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.