Office of the Historian

740.00114A European War 1939/338: Telegram

The Ambassador in Turkey (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, April 26, 1943—7 p.m.
[Received April 27—1:44 a.m.]

777. My 756, April 22, 4 p.m. Foreign Office states informally today that orders will be issued in a few days for the release of all aviators who were interned on March 26. This includes 20 Americans among them the two referred to in my 744, April 19,27 who have since been apprehended by the Turkish authorities.

Please inform General Arnold.

Steinhardt
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