Office of the Historian

Hiss Collection

The Secretary of State to the Head of the Reconstruction Department of the British Foreign Office (Jebb)1
[Yalta, February 9, 1945.]

We must be sure—no respon.—rests on us relative to Iceland, Turkey, ete Egypt2 on joining World Organ

  1. This message, in Stettinius’ handwriting, bears the following notation in the handwriting of Alger Hiss: “A. H. gave Jebb this message 2/9 12.30 p. m. during For. Mins. meetings”.↩
  2. The word “Egypt” is inserted in Hiss’ handwriting.↩