Office of the Historian

740.00116 European War 1939/1032: Telegram

The Ambassador in Turkey (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, August 4, 1943—11 p.m.
[Received August 6—12:56 a.m.]

1351. I have learned from reliable source that the Minister for Foreign Affairs shortly after his return to Istanbul yesterday saw the Swedish, Swiss, Spanish and Portuguese diplomatic representatives in succession and thereafter sent for the Italian Chargé d’Affaires.

I am inclined to the view that these visits were in connection with contemplated concerted action by the neutrals in respect of the American, British and Soviet notes concerning refuge to war criminals.

Steinhardt