871.6363/227: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Rumania (Riggs)

[Paraphrase]

42. Our telegram 41 of September 26, 4 p.m., and your telegram 64 of September 30, 5 p.m. Department believes that you should inform Rumanian Minister of Foreign Affairs that prior to the reconsideration of the matter by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce you had been instructed to enter a protest against the reported decision of that Ministry and that you would formally file a statement of our Government’s views should a similar situation arise in the future. In making this communication to the Minister of Foreign Affairs you should express the hope that such a situation will not arise.

Hughes