740.00119 European War 1939/775: Telegram
The Consul General at Beirut (Engert) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 12—12:20 p.m.]
292. High Commissioner is endeavoring to send following message to British Commander-in-Chief Cairo:
“General Dentz, High Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief troops of Levant, has the honor to inform British High Command, Middle East, that he is prepared to engage in negotiation on the basis of the memorandum which was today July 11, handed him by American Consul General in the name of the British Government.
He therefore proposes to suspend hostilities July 11 at 21 hours 1 minute Greenwich time. He requests British High Command to inform him of the place where he may send his plenipotentiary, it being understood that the French Government authorizes him to deal only with British representatives to the exclusion of those of any Allied forces.”
Repeated to London and Cairo.