740.00/1177: Telegram
The Minister in Rumania (Gunther) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:55 p.m.]
91. Your 45, April 20, 7 p.m. The following is a translation of notes I made of the Prime Minister’s statement as conveyed to me by the Secretary General of the Foreign Office.
“The Rumanian Government follows with the keenest interest all efforts made with a view to assurance of peace. In view of the fact, however, that the message of the President is addressed direct to the Chancellor of the German Empire and to the Chief of the Italian Government we feel that, as they have not yet replied to this appeal, any declaration from us would be in the nature of an intermeddling in the discussion between the United States and the great powers in question and this we do not consider customary.”
The Secretary General of the Foreign Office prefaced the above by reminding me of the reply made by the Rumanian Government to that of Germany communicated to you in my telegram 87, April 21, 3 p.m.,42 and observed that it should be quite clear from this reply and from the general reception accorded the President’s message that it was not an unwelcome step. I should add that the delay in answering has been due to the Rumanian Government’s having felt it desirable to consult beforehand with its allies.
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