Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The British Commonwealth, Europe, Near East, and Africa, Volume II

611.6731/470: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Turkey (MacMurray)

Washington, December 14, 1938—4 p.m.

36. Your 66, December 13, 6 p.m.

1. The authority requested in your numbered paragraph 2 is granted. Please telegraph as soon as possible when your informal statement will be given to the press there in order that a similar statement may be made here simultaneously.

2. Please forward by air mail copies of the text of the agreement which you initial, in all languages, as soon as possible. You should verify the Turkish text before transmission. If this necessitates a delay, you should forward a copy of the English text at once to be followed later by the Turkish text.

3. It is assumed that Wadleigh and Burns will leave Ankara in time to sail from Le Havre on December 22. They should bring with them the latest available Turkish trade statistics, particularly those relating to schedule items, for use here in preparing the analysis of the agreement.

Welles