Office of the Historian

740.0011 Moscow/92: Telegram

The American Delegation to the Acting Secretary of State

Moscow, October 30, 1943—9 a.m.
[Received 10:35 p.m.]

Delam 43. From McDermott. Penultimate paragraph only of Delam No. 3532 is now canceled and the following arrangement substituted. Arrangements agreed upon by American, British and USSR delegations are that Moscow stories of the close and results of conference shall be released simultaneously in the three countries [Page 672] at midnight Monday, Moscow time, 5 p.m., Eastern War Time, November 1st. Censor will permit correspondents to begin filing at 4 p.m. Moscow time, November 1st. Should the Germans tap the news transmissions, any publishable pickups of German broadcasts on the subject are not to be published or rebroadcast in the United States, Great Britain or Russia until after publication of the Moscow stories. [McDermott.]

  1. October 28, 8 a.m., p. 654.↩