390D.11/189: Telegram
The Ambassador in Turkey (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 12:05 p.m.]
21. Department’s instruction No. 445, January 19. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is insisting that detailed lists as provided in their counterproposals be presented through the Department and while apparently willing that the lists be prepared by Syrian organizations, desires that the naturalization records of the persons appearing thereon be vouched for by our Government. Other points of divergence are being discussed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Ministry of the Interior. In the meantime it would be helpful to have the Department’s views as to the lists as I am hopeful that all the other differences can be reconciled.
I have refrained from proposing the negotiation of a general naturalization treaty in the belief that even the suggestion might delay indefinitely the completion of the present negotiations.