From ‘Warlords: The Heart of Conflict’ by Simone Berton and Joanna Potts Page 272.
Two days later, in London, 25 November (1944), yet another nasty telegram arrived from Washington. ‘Unpleasant message from FDR during day about civil aviation. He seems to specialise in these things just now,’ Eden noted bitterly. John Colville, who was present when the American ambassador, John Winnant, delivered the telegram to Churchill was disgusted; ‘It was pure blackmail, threatening that if we did not give way to certain unreasonable American demands, their attitude about Lend-lease supplies would change. Winnant was shame faced about presenting it and didn’t want to stay for lunch, but the PM said that even a declaration of war should not prevent them having a good lunch.’
Anyone know what these demands were?
By: alertken - 4th February 2007 at 13:59
Open Skies. The issue was resolved in 1946 at Bermuda with the Freedoms of the Air to be interpreted as they were for half a century – regulation, designation.
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February 4, 2007 at 1:39 pm