782.5 MSP/12–2851: Telegram
The Ambassador in Turkey (Wadsworth) to the Department of State
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578. Re Deptel 552, Dec 26.1 Asst Secy Gen for Econ Affs FonOff2 stated this afternoon that GNA has given FonOff auth conclude negots and sign exchange MSA notes. As result discussions today with Zorlu full agrmt with one exception now reached on text Emb note and supplementary aide-mémoire. Exception concerns (b) of last para Deptel 552. FonOff expresses strong preference for substitution “agreement” for “consultation”. Unless important reasons exist against this substitution, would Dept please instruct urgently whether it wld agree to have (b) read: “No conversion into other currencies will occur without taking the Turk foreign exchange position into acct and with prior agreement of the Turk Govt”. If this change cannot be made please supply Embassy with such argument as there may be in order that the necessity of using the word “consultation” can be explained in full and satisfactory detail to FonOff.
Turk objection re para 5 of draft note has been met by insertion phrase reading “for the resettlement of refugees within Turk and for” after “include expenditure” as was suggested in second para reftel.