740.00119 European War 1939/2231: Telegram
The Ambassador to the Yugoslav Government in Exile (MacVeagh) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 5—8:02 p.m.]
Yugos 55. The Department’s No. 6 Yugos of February 29, 8 p.m. My British colleague advises me that the Commander in Chief, Mediterranean23 is informed of this matter and desires to be present or represented in the conversations and the Department may therefore wish to instruct me whether his quality as an Allied commander would be deemed sufficient to cover American military interest or whether as instructed in the Department’s No. 21 [1] January 5, 9 p.m. to the Legation in Cairo24 regarding similar contemplated discussions I should in addition ask the American theater commander25 to designate military advisory.