Your 293. [1]

I took the opportunity when Harry saying goodbye to Butterworth to
convey the views expressed in your 293.

Butterworth discounted our anxiety over the possibility of Dutch
delaying The Hague Conference and thought that there was no
evidence of this so far. He emphasised the number of
administrative problems which had to be dealt with and some delay
inevitable.

He was opposed to continuing pressure on the Dutch, particularly
if of a public nature, as it tended to unite the Dutch against
their critics. He agreed, however, in answer to a specific
question, that should subsequent events make it clear that the
Dutch were stalling, the United States would use its influence to
persuade the Dutch of the necessity for an early settlement.