Office of the Historian

Attitude of the United States toward demands of the Soviet Union for the revision of the Turkish Straits regime and other matters affecting Turkish-Soviet relations 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1945, vol. viii, pp. 1219–1293. For additional documentation on the Straits question, see Foreign Relations, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, vol. i, pp. 1010 ff. and ibid., vol. ii, pp. 1420 ff. See also Department of State, Near Eastern Series No. 5: The Problem of the Turkish Straits (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1947).

[622] Memorandum Prepared in the Department of State

[Washington,] December 19, 1945.

501.BC/12–1945

[623] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson)

Washington, January 2, 1946—8 p.m.

740.00119 Council/12–2945: Telegram

[624] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, January 3, 1946—2 p.m.
[Received January 4—11:25 a.m.]

867.014/1–346: Telegram

[625] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, January 4, 1946.
[Received January 5—9:05 p.m.]

867.014/1–446: Telegram

[626] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, January 9, 1946—6 p.m.
[Received January 10—1:30 p.m.]

761.67/1–946: Telegram

[627] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, January 10, 1946—2 p.m.
[Received January 11—3:30 a.m.]

761.67/1–1046: Telegram

[628] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson)

Washington, January 10, 1946—9 p.m.

767.68119/1–946: Telegram

[629] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, January 15, 1946—3 p.m.
[Received 9:11 p.m.]

761.67/1–1546: Telegram

[630] The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State

London, January 18, 1946—7 p.m.
[Received 11:47 p.m.]

761.67/1–1846: Telegram

[631] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, January 22, 1946—noon.
[Received 11:57 p.m.]

761.67/1–2246: Telegram

[632] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, January 25, 1946—6 p.m.
[Received 10:40 p.m.]

761.67/1–2546: Telegram

[633] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, January 31, 1946—7 p.m.
[Received February 1—2:24 p.m.]

761.67/1–3146: Telegram

[634] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, February 1, 1946—1 p.m.
[Received February 2—12:31 a.m.]

761.67/2–146: Telegram

[635] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, February 2, 1946—7 p.m.
[Received 10:21 p.m.]

761.67/2–246: Telegram

[636] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, February 12, 1946—3 p.m.
[Received February 13—6 p.m.]

767.68119/2–1246: Telegram

[637] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, February 13, 1946—6 p.m.
[Received February 14—6:55 a.m.]

761.67/2–1346: Telegram

[638] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, February 28, 1946—1 p.m.
[Received 7:23 p.m.]

761.67/2–2846: Telegram

[639] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, March 1, 1946—4 p.m.
[Received 9:05 p.m.]

867.00/3–146: Telegram

[640] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, March 11, 1946—6 p.m.
[Received 10:40 p.m.]

761.67/3–1146: Telegram

[641] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, March 18, 1946—6 p.m.
[Received March 18—5:12 p.m.]

761.67/3–1846: Telegram

[642] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, March 20, 1946—8 p.m.
[Received March 21—1:30 a.m.]

761.67/3–2046: Telegram

[643] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, March 23, 1946.
[Received April 10.]

711.00/3–2346

[644] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, April 12, 1946—noon.
[Received 9:04 p.m.]

701.6711/4–1246: Telegram

[645] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, May 4, 1946—2 p.m.
[Received May 5—6:42 a.m.]

711.67/5–446: Telegram

[646] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, May 7, 1946—10 a.m.
[Received May 8—6 a.m.]

761.67/5–746: Telegram

[647] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, June 10, 1946—3 p.m.
[Received June 11—2:10 a.m.]

867.00/6–1046: Telegram

[648] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, June 17, 1946—6 p.m.
[Received June 17—3:44 p.m.]

761.67/6–1746: Telegram

[649] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, June 26, 1946—8 p.m.
[Received 10:20 p.m.]

867.00/6–2646: Telegram

[650] The Soviet Chargé (Orekhov) to the Acting Secretary of State

Washington, August 7, 1946.

767.68119/8–746

[651] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, August 8, 1946—9 p.m.
[Received August 9—1:07 a.m.]

767.68119/8–846: Telegram