883.24/150: Telegram
The Minister in Egypt ( Kirk ) to the Secretary of State
Cairo
, February
16, 1943—9 a.m.
[Received 9:35 a.m.]
[Received 9:35 a.m.]
351. Personal for Wallace Murray.6 Would you be inclined to expedite favorable action on the project described in my 300, February 8, 3 p.m. This looks to me like a legitimate way to furnish in wartime an Egyptian interest, the accomplishment of which would be ascribed to the good will of our Government only and so would contribute a much needed enhancement of exclusively American prestige in Egypt.
Kirk
- Adviser on Political Relations.↩