740.00119 European War 1939/1615: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 28—2:30 a.m.]
1201. Personal for the Secretary. In our meeting with Molotov last night the British Ambassador handed to him the text of the terms of surrender to Italy with a covering note which he said was being communicated to the Soviet Government on behalf of the President and the Prime Minister. This note inter alia stated that the terms in their final form had only now been agreed upon by the British and American Governments and expressed the hope that the Soviet Government [Page 357] would regard the terms as it did in the case of the summary previously communicated as suitable and adequately covering the interests of the Soviet Union. Clark Kerr explained that the terms were already known to the Soviet Government and that they were merely presented in legal form in the present document.
Molotov stated that he would report the entire matter to his Government.