740.00113 European War 1939/612: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews)
Washington, January 7,
1943—7 p.m.
155. Your 62, January 2.
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- Our missions in the American republics, other than Argentina and Chile, were instructed by circular telegram of January 49 to express to the governments to which they are accredited the earnest hope of this Government that they would associate themselves in some form with the declaration and that they will indicate publicly their refusal to recognize the looting by the Axis of territories which have come under its domination. Our missions in Santiago and Buenos Aires were instructed,10 unless they deemed it inappropriate, to express to the Argentine and Chilean governments the hope of this government that they would find it possible to issue some public statement indicating their sympathy with the declaration and the fact that they [Page 445] do not condone the Axis looting of occupied countries. You will be advised in regard to the reaction of the Argentinean and Chilean governments.
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- In the future, whenever possible, we would like to be consulted about the time of day when releases of considerable interest are to be made. In the present case, the hour chosen made it impossible for us to have the release appear in the morning papers.
Hull