859.01/139b: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )

2131. In communicating to the Embassy at Moscow a summary of our 2048, March 18, 10 a.m. to you, we have included a paragraph which reads in paraphrase as follows:

“In your discretion, you may following consultation with the British Ambassador,11a who, the Department understands, is acquainted with the matter, impart the foregoing to the appropriate officials of the Soviet Government and advise them that we would be glad to have their participation in the proposed declaration and, in any event, their views thereon.”

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  1. Sir Archibald Clark Kerr.