760c.61/162b: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Davis)16

Following American note delivered to Italian Embassy this afternoon and given to press for release morning papers August 11th. [Page 469] Repeat textually to Paris, Rome, Berlin, Prague and Warsaw. Send full summary to other European missions and to Helsingfors, Riga, Tiflis and Constantinople. Latter for transmission to McCully, Sevastopol. Instruct in all cases to give fullest possible publicity:

[Here follows text of note printed supra.]

Colby
  1. A similar telegram was sent on the same date to the Chargé in Japan with instructions to “repeat textually to Peking and summarize to Vladivostok and Harbin” (file no. 760c.61/162a).