Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, The Far East, Volume V

740.0011 E.W.1939/8–244

Press Release Issued by the Department of State, August 2, 1944

August 2, 1944

This Government welcomes as a step towards full cooperation with the United Nations in their struggle against Nazi aggression today’s decision of the Turkish Grand National Assembly to sever diplomatic and economic relations with Germany.