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

740.0011 European War 1939/12134c: Telegram

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

Washington, June 16, 1941—9 p.m.

92. Department’s 90, June 15, 4 p.m. and your 192, June 15, 4 p.m. and 193, June 15, 6 p.m. The Department accepts your judgment that it would be undesirable to refer to the possibility of termination of aid under the Lend-Lease Act and the instructions contained in the Department’s 90 are modified accordingly. Please use your best endeavors to dissuade the Turkish Government from signing the proposed pact, using the arguments outlined in the second sentence of the Department’s 90 and in paragraph 2 of your 193.

Hull