751.67/256: Telegram
The Ambassador in Turkey (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 15—5 p.m.]
75. My No. 63, April 26, 4 p.m. Embassy has been informed by French Embassy that negotiations regarding the settlement of the details [in] connection with the annexation of Hatay by Turkey are proceeding very slowly because of the very legalistic attitude assumed by the Turkish Government and that unless there is a considerable change in the attitude of Turkey negotiations will not be concluded for many weeks. Among the questions to be settled are railways, rights of minorities, right of option, right of optants to take property out of the Hatay, question of foreign interests (in connection with which Turks have raised no objection to undertaking to respect American [Page 839] archaeological interests). It was stated that there was no question at the present time of ceding to Turkey any territory outside of Hatay area.
Repeated to Paris, Beirut.