124.60M/21: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet Union (Thurston)
Washington, August 20,
1940—6 p.m.
464. Department’s 437, August 13, 6 p.m. Unless Embassy receives reply from Foreign Office by August 21, Department will be forced to interpret Soviet silence as rejection of its suggestions. You may in your discretion so inform appropriate authorities, pointing out that shortness of time renders complete liquidation by end of this week physically impossible.
Welles