Office of the Historian

835.00/1773: Telegram

The Chargé in Argentina (Reed) to the Secretary of State

Buenos Aires, September 7, 1943—11 p.m.
[Received September 8—12:01 a.m.]

2054. Embassy’s 2046, September 7.50 An emergency Cabinet meeting was called late this evening reportedly among other matters for last minute reconsideration of question of publication the two notes. On his return to Foreign Office, Admiral Storni released the exchange. Asked if he had any comment, he replied that this was for the newspapers to do.

Reed
  1. This telegram read as follows: “Foreign Office has notified me that it will give out both letters this evening for publication in tomorrow morning’s newspapers.” (123R252/273) Reference is to the letter of August 5 from the Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs, p. 447, and to the Secretary of State’s reply of August 30, supra.↩