740.0011 European War 1939/3344: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Rumania ( Gunther )
Washington
, June 7,
1940—4 p.m.
185. Your 237, May 27, 7 p.m.
- 1.
- If you are approached again on this subject by Rumanian authorities, you may state that after having given the matter careful consideration your Government has decided it would be inopportune and would serve no useful purpose for the American Embassy at Moscow to take steps along the lines suggested.
- 2.
- Your action in submitting this suggestion through the Department is approved.
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- For your strictly confidential information. During a conversation with Molotov on May 31 Thurston made some inquiries regarding the Rumanian situation.26 Molotov showed himself to be disinclined, however, to discuss the matter.
Hull
- See telegram No. 604, May 31, from the Chargé in the Soviet Union, vol. iii, p. 304.↩