Office of the Historian

Agreements regarding treaty rights of the United States and its nationals in Syria and Lebanon and recognition by the United States of the independence of Syria and Lebanon; attitude of the United States toward the question of treaty relations between these countries and France12

1. For previous correspondence regarding American rights in Syria and Lebanon, see Foreign Relations, 1938, vol. ii, pp. 1003 ff.

2. For previous correspondence concerning the interest of the United States in the development of self-government in Syria and Lebanon, see ibid., 1943, vol. iv, pp. 953 ff.

[848] The Secretary of State to the Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Beirut (Wadsworth)

Washington, September 5, 1944—7 p.m.

890D.01/8–944: Telegram

[849] The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Beirut (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, September 9, 1944—noon.
[Received 3:52 p.m.]

890D.01/9–944: Telegram

[851] The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Beirut (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, September 15, 1944—6 p.m.
[Received September 16—1:15 p.m.]

890E.01/9–1544: Telegram

[852] The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Beirut (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, September 16, 1944—7 p.m.
[Received September 16—2:30 p.m.]

890E.01/9–1644: Telegram

[853] The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Beirut (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, September 19, 1944—10 p.m.
[Received September 20—3:45 p.m.]

890E.01/9–1944: Telegram

[855] The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Beirut (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, September 20, 1944—11 a.m.
[Received 4:08 p.m.]

890E.01/9–2044: Telegram

[857] The Appointed Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, September 22, 1944—5 p.m.
[Received 6:03 p.m.]

751.90D11/9–2244: Telegram

[858] The Appointed Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, September 22, 1944.
[Received September 30.]

890D.01/9–2244

[859] The Appointed Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, September 23, 1944—10 a.m.
[Received 3:35 p.m.]

751.90E11/9–2344: Telegram

[861] The British Embassy to the Department of State

Washington , September 28, 1944.

890E.01/9–2844

[864] The Appointed Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, October 6, 1944—8 p.m.
[Received 8:01 p.m.]

751.90D11/10–644: Telegram

[865] The Secretary of State to the Appointed Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth)

Washington, October 7, 1944—8 p.m.

751.90D11/9–2244: Telegram

[866] The Appointed Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, October 9, 1944—8 p.m.
[Received October 9—3:30 p.m.]

751.90D11/10–944: Telegram

[868] The Appointed Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, October 11, 1944—11 a.m.
[Received 3:20 p.m.]

751.90D11/10–1144: Telegram

[869] The Chargé in Syria (Satterthwaite) to the Secretary of State

Damascus, October 12, 1944—noon.
[Received October 13—11:14 a.m.]

890D.01/10–1244: Telegram

[870] The Secretary of State to the Appointed Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth)

Washington, October 14, 1944—6 p.m.

751.90D11/10–944: Telegram

[872] The Appointed Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, October 20, 1944—10 a.m.
[Received October 21—3:43 p.m.]

890E.00/10–2044: Telegram

[874] The Appointed Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, November 2, 1944—4 p.m.
[Received November 3—7:27 p.m.]

751.90D11/11–444: Telegram

[875] The Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, November 18, 1944—6 p.m.
[Received November 19—5:30 p.m.]

890D.01/11–1844: Telegram

[876] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Paris, December 1, 1944.
[Received December 9—6 p.m.]

890E.01/12–144: Airgram

[877] President Roosevelt to the President of the Syrian Republic (Kuwatly)

Washington, December 7, 1944.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.; original transmitted to Beirut in instruction 270, December 13 (not printed).