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The British Ambassador ( Halifax ) to the Secretary of State
My Dear Secretary of State: There was one matter that I had had it in mind to mention to you yesterday afternoon, but our time was taken up with other things.
This matter concerned the reply that your Government and my own will presumably have to send at no distant date, to the Turkish approach about the Straits. Mr. Bevin73 judges this matter to be of great importance, and is very anxious that we should move in completely close step about it. He would, I know, be very happy to consult with you about the answer that he would advise His Majesty’s Government to send, and greatly hopes that you will be similarly prepared [Page 1258] to give him an opportunity of consultation in regard to the reply of your Government before it is despatched.
Yours sincerely,
- Ernest Bevin, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.↩