868.00/3–747: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State
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1013. For Acting Secretary Acheson’s eyes only from the Secretary. I consider the following changes in the President’s draft message [Page 101] highly desirable. Subject to the changes noted below I approve the statement. Paragraphs are numbered 1 through 44 as received here.1
Changes follow:
In paragraph 14 which commences “In order to create conditions”, delete the terminal phrase “regardless of whether effected in the name of Fascism, Nazism or Communism”.
Delete in its entirety paragraph 27 which commences “The Greek King returned”, and ends “as in England”.
In paragraph 40 delete the first sentence which is “This, then, is the situation in Greece and Turkey that is upon us”. Change the second sentence of paragraph 40 to read as follows: “The situation, in my opinion, requires immediate and resolute action”.
Paragraph 43, which consists of the single sentence “I consider that the security of the United States demands that such funds and authority shall be made available immediately” should be deleted in its entirety.
End of changes.
- Draft under reference not found in Department of State files.↩