Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, Europe, Volume II

740.0011 European War 1939/8961: Telegram

The Minister in Greece (MacVeagh) to the Secretary of State

Athens, March 11, 1941—5 p.m.
[Received March 12—9:18 a.m.]

135. My telegrams 131 of March 10, 2 p.m., and 134, March 11, 4 p.m. Johnson informed Reed⁴⁵ this morning that he did not mean to imply yesterday the presence of British troops in Salonika but only of a certain number of civilians. The British Military Attaché refers to these as possible “transients”.

Department’s telegram No. 92⁴⁶ received today.

MacVeagh

45. Leslie E. Reed, First Secretary of Legation in Greece.
46. Dated March 10, not printed.