740.0011 European War 1939/8833: Telegram
The Minister in Greece (MacVeagh) to the Secretary of State
Athens, March
5, 1941—7 p.m.
[Received March 6—11:37 p.m.]
[Received March 6—11:37 p.m.]
120. My telegrams 106, February 27, and 113, March 3. The Military Attaché has ascertained from reliable Greek sources that about 4,000 British troops landed at Piraeus on March 2 and are now quartered outside of Athens. Only about 700 of these troops are Royal Air Force personnel. An unknown number is also said to have landed at various points further north but neither confirmation nor details are yet available.
MacVeagh