811.20 Defense (M)/391: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Turkey (Kelley)
74. Department’s 73 of September 30 and previous. American Embassy in London is, in response to Defense Commission’s desire, in busy discussion with British Government regarding re-sale to us of Turkish chrome.
Apparently the British Government still lacks full independent confirmation of Turkish position reported in your 107 of September 28. Will you do your best, by whatever method is judged most effective, to have this confirmation passed on directly by the Turkish Government to the British representative.
In course of price discussions between ourselves and British, they have expressed uncertainty as to whether the Turkish Government will require them to turn over to it part of the dollars that may accrue from re-sale of Turkish chrome to us. We hope for speedy determination of this question, so that there may be no unnecessary delay.