DEPARTMENT OF STATE                     
 
                       ASSISTANT SECRETARY                  
 
                           July 9, 1941                     
 
                   MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT              
 
                                                            
 
 
It is now evident that preliminary commitments for the post-war 
      settlement of Europe are being made, chiefly in London. Perhaps 
      you are being kept informed of these. I am not clear that the 
      State Department is being kept informed of all of them by the 
      parties. Some have been told to us by the British; others we 
                           hear about.                      
 
                                                            
 
 
I propose sending you from time to time information as to 
      the post-war commitments as we hear of them. You will recall 
      that at Versailles President Wilson was seriously handicapped 
      by commitments made to which he was not a party and of which 
                   he was not always informed.              
 
                                                            
 
 
I have suggested to Summer that we enter a general caveat, 
      indicating that we could not be bound by any commitments to which 
                 we had not definitely assented.            
 
                                                            
 
 
ttached, the first batch of these commitments as they appear
 
                                                            
 
 
                    Adolf A. Berle, Jr.                     
 
      Attachment