893.515/706: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Atherton)
Washington, August 11, 1935—3
p.m.
206. Your 362, August 10, 1 p.m., third sentence. Did Leith-Ross initiate the press conference or was he approached and subjected to [Page 613] leading questions? Did he say expressly that “American Government had made no reply”?
What is your estimate of his attitude and his purpose in saying to the press just these things and of how far they are suggestive of Foreign Office attitude and tactics?
What reports of this conversation has the British press given and what comments?
Avoid disclosing that we have inquired.
Prompt telegraphic reply requested.
Hull