Office of the Historian

740.00114A European War 1939/360: Telegram

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

Ankara, May 14, 1943—5 p.m.
[Received May 15—12:42 p.m.]

903. Embassy’s 744, April 19; 777 April 26; 794, April 30; 865 May 11.29 Lippincott and Collum, two American interned aviators who endeavored to escape on their own and were apprehended by the Turk police, departed last night for Cairo. With their departure all of the 37 interned American aviators have been evacuated from Turkey to rejoin their units: 17 “escaped” over the past few months and 20 have been released under the recent understanding with Turk authorities.

Please inform General Arnold.

Steinhardt
  1. Telegrams No. 744 and No. 865 not printed.↩