761.6711/4–745: Telegram
The Chargé in Turkey (Packer) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 7—9:37 p.m.]
472. The semiofficial Ulus publishes the following information today:
[Here follows account of Soviet denunciation of the 1925 treaty based on the Molotov statement of March 19 as printed in the Moscow press.]
[“] After studying the matter, the Government of the Republic in a declaration presented to Mr. Vinogradov, Soviet Ambassador at Ankara, by Hasan Saka, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on April 4 informed the Soviet Government that it has always wished to maintain and strengthen the good neighbor relationship and sincere friendship which has bound Turkey and the Soviet Union to one another for a long time, that it has desired to place emphasis on the value of the pact of December 17, 1925 which has rendered great service to Turkish-Soviet friendship and that it has noted the wish expressed by the Government of the Soviet Union to terminate this pact.
Therefore, the Government of the Republic which accepts the suggestion of the Soviet Government with regard to replacing the expiring pact with another pact more suitable to the present interests of both parties and including thorough-going modifications has informed the Government in question that it is ready to study with great care and good intentions the proposals to be made to it with this aim.”
Repeated to Moscow as 25.