prices are of little import for these people as both the Axis  
partners print and force the circulation of their own currency in  
Greece. Thus "the Black bourse," while available to all, really  
provides only the conquerors of Greece with sufficient food.
 
                                                            
 
 
The remedy is not money but supplies of food. Of course the  
distribution of cash among the Greeks would give them a means of  
competing with their unwanted guests. But with more money avail-  
able, and the supply of foodstuffs diminishing, prices would cer-  
tainly rise. And on a price market the Greeks will be at an  
immense disadvantage for the duration of the occupation. The hope  
of all Greeks is for supplies from abroad. These can be bought  
in Turkey and sent to Greece in some of the diesel-powered caiques  
which carry a large part of the commerce on the Aegean Sea. Small  
boats carrying small shipments to many ports in Greece will simplify  
                the problem of distribution.                
 
                                                            
 
 
The management of the distribution must be under the control of  
persons who are nationals of neutral countries. This will not   
prevent the Axis authorities from breaking their promises to respect  
the food importations but it will provide a means of transmitting  
information to the outside world when promises are broken. An  
American observer, preferably one with no past experience in relief  
work in Greece, can fill a useful role. The Greek Red Cross, in  
spite of its short-comings, offers the best agency for actual  
                       distribution.                        
 
               (Signed)     BURTON Y. BERRY.                
 
                                               Burton Y. Ber
 
                            Rome, Italy.                    
 
                                                       '  
                    September 20, 1941.