702.60i 11/orig.: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Commissioner at Riga (Young)
50. Your 126, August 27, 9 p.m.
You are instructed, on first suitable occasion, to assure the Esthonian de facto authorities that this Government in stationing a consul at Reval was acting on the assumption that such a move would be agreeable and helpful to the Esthonian people in their effort to reestablish their commerce and industry. You will tactfully convey the idea that if this Consular officer is not welcome, he can very easily be withdrawn. This Government cannot, in any event, grant an exequatur to a Consul from a non-recognized Government. You will explain, in a friendly spirit, that embarrassment will be the only result of an attempt to force this particular issue at the present time.