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                      THE WHITE HOUSE                       
 
                            WASHINGTON                      
 
                                                            
 
 
It seems to me that it is much too early for any of us to 
      make any commitments for the very good reason that both Britain 
      and the United States want assurance of future peace by disarming 
      all trouble-makers and secondly by considering the possibility 
      of reviving small states in the interest of harmony even if this 
        has to be accomplished through plebiscite methods.  
 
                                                            
 
 
The plebiscite was on the whole one of the few successful 
      outcomes of the Versatile Treaty and it may be possible for us 
      to extend the idea by suggesting in some cases preliminary plebiscites 
be followed a good deal later on by second or even third ple
 
                                                            
 
 
For example none of us know at the present time whether it 
      is advisable in the interest of quiet conditions to keep the 
     Croats away from the throats of the Serbs and vice vers
 
                                                            
 
 
I am inclined to think that an overall statement on your part 
      would be useful at this time, making it clear that no post-war 
      peace commitments as to territories, populations or economies 
      have been given. I could then back up your statement in very 
                          strong terms.                     
 
                                                            
 
 
There is no hurry about this but you might think it over