711.62119/43: Telegram

Ths Secretary of State to the Commissioner at Berlin (Dresel)

[Paraphrase]

1380. Your telegram no. 680, August 22. Second paragraph. In order to avoid any possible misunderstanding, it is preferable that you cable the text of your proposed letter to Rosen, embodying the [Page 23] substance of your instructions. Also, before you give your approval to the proposed statement that Rosen is to publish, cable its text together with your observations so that the Department may be in a position to make any pertinent suggestions.

In order not to cause any delay in signing the treaty, it is understood that this action can be taken promptly.

Hughes