740.00119 E.W./10–2544: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
8874. In reply to an aide-mémoire received from the British Embassy in Washington concerning the concurrence in the Hungarian armistice terms of the United Nations at war with Hungary other than [Page 921] the three principal Allies, the Department has indicated its view that, with respect to Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, a joint communication informing them of the terms should be made to the Czechoslovak and Yugoslav Governments in London by the American, British and Soviet representatives accredited to those Governments. The present telegram may be considered as authorizing you, in case the foregoing procedure is found to be acceptable to the British and Soviet Governments, to associate yourself with your British and Soviet colleagues when the time comes in making an appropriate joint communication to the Czechoslovak and Yugoslav Governments.
Sent to London, repeated to Moscow.58
- Repeated as telegram 2515.↩