841D.01/344: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 20—9:10 p.m.]
3271. Your 3060 of April 17 received. I had thought that my 2992 of April 1348 covered the question of a further note to Ireland. However, I talked today both with Lord Cranborne and the Prime Minister who is acting as Foreign Secretary during Eden’s absence. Cranborne is against sending a second note to De Valera. He is supported by security officials here.
This evening I talked with the Prime Minister. He told me he thought that our first note had done great good, that it had prompted the Irish to pull their socks up and that it had resulted in a strengthening security measures but he felt that it would be best to leave well enough alone and that a second note was unnecessary.
- Not printed; in it Ambassador Winant stated that in his opinion the question of whether or not to send a second note to De Valera should be determined by the judgment of Secretary Hull as to the necessity of answering the points raised by De Valera and the effect on public opinion in the United States (841 D.01/329).↩