124.60P2/312: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Thurston) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 29—10:38 a.m.]
1087. Riga’s August 28th.34 On August 26th I informed Lozovski personally that our Legation at Riga had encountered difficulties in its efforts to ship out of the country property belonging to the United States establishments we are closing there. I requested that appropriate instructions be sent to the authorities at Riga to the end that no further difficulties might arise and that as a precaution similar instructions be addressed to the authorities at Tallinn and Kaunas. I am today addressing a personal note to Lozovski reminding him of our conversation and informing him that “while my Government is quite prepared to withdraw its establishments from the three Baltic capitals in accordance with the request of the Soviet Government, and will endeavor to do so by September 5th, the date designated therefor by the Soviet Government, it obviously will be unable to take such action unless it receives the full cooperation of the Soviet Government and its local authorities.”
Repeated to Riga.
- Not printed.↩