740.0011 Moscow/95: Telegram

The American Delegation to the Acting Secretary of State

Delam 46. For Acting Secretary of State and Byington.56 New arrangements were made tonight with British and Soviets regarding publicity. Text of joint statement with annexes which are declaration of four nations on general security, declaration on German atrocities, declaration regarding Italy and declaration on Austria will be released by State Department, British and Soviet Foreign Offices for publication and broadcast at 8 p.m. Moscow time (1 p.m. Eastern War Time) November l.57 Moscow correspondents will not send texts but will start filing stories at 6 p.m. Monday for publication at 1 p.m. Eastern War Time. Above documents except Four Nations Declaration which Department already has will be wired tonight for release as above.

  1. Homer M. Byington, Assistant Chief, Division of Current Information.
  2. The texts of the joint communiqué (Conference Document No. 42, p. 741), and the four declarations were released to the press on November 1 as planned, and were subsequently printed in the Department of State Bulletin, November 6, 1943, pp. 307–311.