883.00/1167: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to The Chargé in Egypt (Hare)
61. Your 125, March 18, 5 p.m. You are requested to inform the Prime Minister that the Department has carefully examined the article in Foreign Affairs to which exception has been taken by the Egyptian Government, and is in full agreement as to the regrettable and untrue nature of certain passages therein. You should state that the general position in which this Government is placed with respect to a matter of this kind is precisely as was explained to the Prime Minister by the Chargé d’ Affaires ad interim on March 18, and that it is desired to approve and to confirm the latter’s remarks on that occasion. You should add that this particular incident is a source of especially deep regret to this Government in view of the prevailing respect and admiration in which His Majesty is held in the United States, and the ties of sincere friendship and the cooperative relations which have long existed between the two countries.
The attitude of the Egyptian Government and the Department’s views regarding the article are being brought forcefully to the attention of the editor of the publication in question.