760F.62/986: Telegram
The Ambassador in Germany ( Wilson ) to the Secretary of State
Berlin
, September 22,
1938—noon.
[Received September 22—7:30 a.m.]
[Received September 22—7:30 a.m.]
471. In a conversation yesterday with the Counsellor of the Embassy the Russian Chargé d’Affaires stated that under no circumstances would Russia lend military assistance to Czechoslovakia except in common action with France. Discussing the general European situation he said that although it might remain for a time in formal existence the Franco-Russian Treaty58 to all intents and purposes must be regarded as dead.
Cipher text Moscow.
Wilson
- The 5-year mutual assistance agreement of May 2, 1935; League of Nations Treaty Series, vol. clxvii, p. 395.↩