MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. MYRON C. TAYLOR AND LORD HALIFAX
 
     
 
 
Pursuant to the duscussion with secretary Hull and Under Secretary Welles this morning and   
with Assistant secretary Long yesterday, I called upon Lord halifax this afternoon and he brought   
to the meeting a Mr. Hayter, one of the British representatives at the Bermuda Conference on   
Refugees.
 
     
 
 
I gave them the substance of the letter of Secretary Hull to the President, May 22, and left   
with them a brief resume of the important points modifying to some extent the secretary's letter   
to the President.  The plan which I presented seemed to meet with immediate approval by Lord   
Halifax and Mr. Hayter.  Lord Halifax promptly raised the question whether the state Department   
had cleared with the War Department the question of the admission of refugees in North Africa.  I   
indicated that I would take this subject up with secretary Hull on my return to the department.    
The simplicity of the plan and the fact that it avoids an advertised meeting of the Intergovernmental   
committee in Washington or London found immediate favor with both Lord Halifax and Mr. Hayter.
 
 
 
Myron C. Taylor