740.00116 European War 1939/677: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

7149. Department’s telegram 6372, December 16, 8 p.m. Eden tells me that it is unfortunately too late to make the insertion desired by the Department. He says that the text has been agreed upon by Moscow and by the Allied Governments and that it would be impossible to clear the change before the agreed time of release. He also says the wording follows the usual form.54

Winant
  1. For text, see Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 5th series, vol. 385, col. 2083.