840.50/2550: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 19—10:53 a.m.]
1399. Department’s 860, September 16, 8 p.m. The Embassy has on several occasions requested that the reply of the Soviet Government concerning the proposed modifications of the draft be expedited. The Foreign Office today informed the Embassy in response to a further inquiry that on September 17 the Soviet Ambassador in Washington was instructed to inform the Department that the Soviet Government had no objection to the proposed modifications and that arrangements may accordingly be made for signing of agreement within the period desired.11
- The Soviet Chargé telephoned the Department on September 18 that the reply of his Government was 100 percent agreement with the suggestions made in the letter of August 19.↩