62 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-ECONOMIC COOPERATION-JULY 6, 1948 that country, and that the Government of the United Kingdom is unable at this time to say what the decision will be. 3. It is my understanding that most Colonial Governments may be expected to participate in the Agreement within a very short time. But the Government of the United Kingdom recognises that if within a reasonable period after the signature of the Agreement some of the more important territories concerned (other than Southern Rhodesia) are not participating in it the Government of the United States would be entitled to regard this as a change in the relationship of the parties under the Agreement, affecting the form or continuance of assistance to the United Kingdom. It is my understanding that before any action were to be taken by the Government of the United States there would be consultation between the two Governments. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Your Excellency's obedient Servant, ERNEST BEVIN His Excellency The Honourable LEWIS W. DOUGLAS, etc., etc., etc., 1, Grosvenor Square, W.1. 2609
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