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

867.24/178: Telegram

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

Ankara, September 17, 1941—1 p.m.
[Received 2:05 p.m.]

343. A despatch ascertained to have been from Reuter given out yesterday evening under Washington date line by the semi-official Anatolian News Agency summarizing the President’s report to Congress on the operation of the Lease-Lend Act⁹² indicates in some detail assistance afforded to other countries including Greece and Yugoslavia but contains no reference to Turkey. To counteract so far as possible, the unfavorable impression which will doubtless be created upon Turkish opinion by this presentation of the matter, I beg to request that as soon as possible I be put in a position to inform the Turkish Government of so much of the President’s report as relates to Turkey.

MacMurray

92. First Report Under the Act of March 11, 1941, June 10, 1941 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1941).