840.48 Refugees/4848: Telegram
The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Bucknell) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 8—9 p.m.]
8546. Department’s 7731, 7th. Although agreeing that main facts are to be used by each of us in our own way the Foreign Office would like to know (for Parliamentary reasons) before its release the complete text which will be released in Washington. We take it there may be additions to the text in Embassy’s 8478, 5th. On this account Foreign Office favors aiming at release at a late hour on Friday rather than on Thursday. Regarding North Africa project and Malin’s16 [Page 236] visit (see end of foreword of Embassy’s 8478) Foreign Office favors deferment of announcement unless Department possesses subsequent approval from Madrid and theater commander, respectively.
- Patrick Malin, Vice-Director of the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees.↩