845.5018/59: Telegram
The Officer in Charge at New Delhi (Merrell) to the Secretary of State
New Delhi, October
11, 1943—7 p.m.
[Received October 11—3:46 p.m.]
[Received October 11—3:46 p.m.]
743. Reference Department’s 538, October 9, 8 p.m. Release of statement deferred pending Department’s reply to Mission’s 727 October 8 unless Department instructs otherwise. External Affairs informs Mission their request made at instance His Majesty’s Government after Food Department had requested His Majesty’s Government to approach Government United States.
Merrell