740.00113 European War 1939/652: Telegram

The Chargé in the United Kingdom ( Matthews ) to the Secretary of State

241. Department’s 155, January 7, 7 p.m., paragraph 2. We shall endeavor to arrange in future for consultation with the Department about the time of day when release[s] of considerable interest are to be made. In the case of the declaration on property transfers it was indicated in section 3 of Embassy’s 6797 of December 111 that the declaration would probably be made at midday. As no comment was received it was assumed that the Department had no objection to this arrangement.

Matthews