Office of the Historian

841D.24/16: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State

London, June 17, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received June 17—5 p.m.]

1692. Your 1159, June 12, 1 p.m., was taken up immediately with Foreign Office which has informed me today that a full reply in the matter has been telegraphed to Lord Lothian3 with instructions to communicate it to the Department. The gist of this reply to your inquiry is that the British Government desires Lord Lothian and Mr. Purvis4 to assist the Irish Government as far as possible in obtaining the material desired provided it does not impede or postpone delivery of any similar material ordered by the British Government.

Kennedy
  1. British Ambassador in the United States.↩
  2. Arthur B. Purvis, Director General of the British Purchasing Commission in the United States.↩