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

740.0011 European War 1939/12537: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, June 27, 1941.
[Received June 27—9:50 a.m.]

1236. Today’s papers publish a Tass denial of statements made by Hitler with respect to Soviet claims on the Bosphorus and Dardanelles and designs on Bulgaria which it states are being published in Turkish newspapers. The statement qualifies [characterizes?] these statements as an abominable slander against the Soviet Union with respect to its attitude towards both Turkey and the Straits and Bulgaria.

Steinhardt