Office of the Historian

761.6211/57: Telegram

The Chargé in Germany (Kirk) to the Secretary of State

Berlin, August 21, 1939—midnight.
[Received August 21—10:50 p.m.]

852. The German official telegraphic agency and the German radio system has just announced that, “The German and Soviet Governments had agreed to conclude a non-aggression pact with each other” and that “Ribbentrop would arrive in Moscow on Wednesday, August 23, to conclude the negotiations”.

Kirk