740.00112 European War 1939/8–2344: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
6750. 3263, August 23, 6 p.m. from Stockholm.56 Johnson reports that Mallet interpreted his latest instructions to mean that he is not authorized to deliver joint message until Madame Kollontay receives further instructions from Moscow. As Kollontay already has instructions to support Anglo-American démarche when made we fail to understand why Mallet has not yet received instructions to join with Johnson in making the agreed-upon démarche. We must emphasize that any further delay may leave us no alternative but to consider proceeding alone. Please take this up immediately with MEW and Foreign Office. British Embassy here is also telegraphing London on this subject.
Sent to London as no. 6750, repeated to Stockholm as no. 1693 and to Moscow as no. 2020.
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