867.20 Mission/3–2448
The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Army (Royall)
My Dear Mr. Secretary: The Department of State approves the extension of the activities of the American Mission for Aid to Turkey to include instruction in United States tactical and organizational methods and techniques, as recommended by the Chief of the American Mission for Aid to Turkey in cable No. Ustap 86 of February 18 and by the Army Department in its memorandum of March 24.1
It is noted that Ustap 86 recommended the addition of a total of 15 instructors to the United States Mission personnel, but that the Army Department’s memorandum suggests a possible total of 60 officers and 25 enlisted men. The State Department approves in principle the assignment of a sufficient number of instructors to accomplish the specific tasks outlined in Ustap 86, and the immediate assignment of the 15 instructors which the Chief of Mission indicated to be required, and agrees to consider further recommendations by the Chief of Mission and the Department of the Army respecting the expansion of this number as may be necessary.
Sincerely yours,
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