868.00/2–1345: Telegram
Mr. Alexander C. Kirk, Political Adviser to the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater, to the Secretary of State
Caserta, February
13, 1945—5 p.m.
[Received 7:25 p.m.]
[Received 7:25 p.m.]
525. Macmillan has telegraphed to the Foreign Office his reactions to the signing of the agreement in Athens yesterday. He stated that conclusion of this accord should be recorded as a victory for the forces of moderation. He recommended that the Foreign Office should use its influence with the press to play up this step as not a victory for either side in Greece or for the British but as a victory for Greece. The theme of the publicity on this matter, he stated, should be “Long Live Greece.”
Kirk