No. 200
Editorial Note
Telegram 989 from Ankara, March 21, reported the Turkish Foreign Office stated the Soviet note protesting the Turkish–Pakistan agreement was similar in tone and content to previous Soviet notes protesting Turkish adherence to NATO. Despatch 440 from [Page 491] Ankara, March 26, transmitted the full text of the note. Telegram 1147 from Moscow, March 26, reported that the Pakistani Chargé had received a note that day from the Soviet Foreign Office protesting the Turkish–Pakistan agreement and American air bases in Pakistan. Telegram 1153 from Moscow, March 28, reported all Moscow papers on March 28 carried the text of the Soviet protest to Pakistan. Documentation is in Department of State file 780.5.