Office of the Historian

740.0011 European War 1939/30558: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Finland (McClintock)

Washington, August 11, 1943—4 p.m.

126. Your 975, August 5. Please call on the Foreign Minister and hand him a paraphrase of the following aide-mémoire:14

Replying to Dr. Ramsay’s request for the opinion of the American Government as to the advisability, in terms of time, of the Finnish Government initiating peace negotiations with the U.S.S.R. the American Government, in principle, does not find itself able to add anything on the subject of Finland’s association with Germany to the statements which it has officially communicated to the Finnish Government over the course of the past 2 years. End aide-mémoire.

We approve the line which you took in your conversation with Ramsay and you should continue to follow it in subsequent conversations unless instructed otherwise.

Hull
  1. This message was approved by President Roosevelt on August 10, 1943. It was delivered to the Finnish Foreign Minister on August 12.↩