Office of the Historian

123 Sch 62/466: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Finland (Schoenfeld)

Washington, December 8, 1942—9 p.m.

235. In view of your 1200, December 7, you are instructed to return home for consultation at your earliest convenience under authorization already issued you.87

We suggest you do not seek interviews with Ryti or Witting before leaving, and that you answer any inquiry as to whether you will return to Finland by saying your instructions are that you return home for consultation and that your return home has no reference to the forthcoming holidays.

Cordell Hull
  1. By telegram No. 220, November 6, 1942, the Department had directed Schoenfeld to report for consultation, without specifying a date (123 Sch 62/458).↩