Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The British Commonwealth; The Near East and Africa, Volume III

662.6731/151: Telegram

The Ambassador in Turkey ( MacMurray ) to the Secretary of State

Ankara , October 17, 1941—5 p.m.
[Received October 18—10:20 a.m.]

386. Although Foreign Minister at first consented to give British Ambassador only in strictest secrecy copies of document constituting trade agreement with Germany, he has now assented to Hugessen’s request that he be allowed to communicate them to me. I shall shortly telegraph resume of most essential points.

2. This change in attitude with regard to our relationship to the questions involved, of course, invalidates the suggestion in fifth paragraph of my 383, October 15.⁴⁹

Repeated London.

MacMurray

49. Ante, p. 909.