Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near East and Africa, Volume III

700.00116 M.E./137

Memorandum by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Controls (Yost)

[Washington,] March 14, 1940.

Mr. Cook of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce telephoned this morning to inquire whether or not the moral embargo continues to apply to the export of aviation equipment to the Soviet Union since the cessation of hostilities.⁶⁹ I informed him that this question was still under consideration.

After the Secretary’s announcement at his press conference this morning to the effect that there is no change in the application of the embargo,⁷⁰ I telephoned Mr. Cook and communicated this decision to him.

Charles W. Yost

69. The Finnish–Soviet war was ended by the peace treaty signed at Moscow on March 12, 1940; for text, see Department of State Bulletin, April 27, 1940, p. 453, or Finland, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, The Finnish Blue Book (Philadelphia, 1940), p. 115.
70. For text of the announcement, see New York Times, March 15, 1940, p. 10.