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

883.00/1157: Telegram

The Minister in Egypt (Fish) to the Secretary of State

Cairo, December 30, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received December 31—10:51 a.m.]

379. The Legation’s telegram No. 373, December 26, 6 p.m. An official communiqué has been issued by the Egyptian Government stating that as a result of the Egyptian Prime Minister’s protest regarding the reference to Egypt in the Churchill speech, a reply has been received from Eden stating that the phrase in question implied nothing more than the obligation incumbent on Great Britain under its treaty with Egypt in respect of the defense of Egypt.

Fish