740.00119 European War 1939/760: Telegram
The Consul General at Beirut (Engert) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 9—1:15 a.m.]
281. The following telegram has been sent to London:
The High Commissioner has just handed me a signed statement in French of which the following is a translation with the request that it be immediately communicated to the British authorities:
“By order of his Government the High Commissioner, Commander in Chief of the troops of the Levant, has the honor to propose to the Commander in Chief of the British forces in the Middle East, the immediate suspension of hostilities on land, on the sea and in the air, and the opening of negotiations with a view to their definitive cessation.
He would be obliged if he could be good enough to indicate, in the event of acceptance, the place where the representatives of the French Commander could meet those of the British Commander.”
Repeated to the Department, Vichy and to Jerusalem via Angora.