740.0011 European War 1939/9393: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Yugoslavia (Lane)
57. Please call as soon as possible upon the Prime Minister or the new Foreign Minister and state in the name of your Government that the news which has reached this country of the constitution of the new Government under the King and General Simović has created the immediate popular reaction that this event constitutes a matter for self-congratulation for every liberty-loving man and woman.74
You are further authorized to state that in accordance with the provisions of the Lend-Lease Bill, the President, in the interest of the national defense of the United States, is enabled to provide assistance to Yugoslavia, like all other nations which are seeking to maintain their independence and integrity and to repel aggression.
- For text of President Roosevelt’s telegram of March 28 to King Peter II of Yugoslavia regarding the coup d’état, see Department of State Bulletin, March 29, 1941, p. 350.↩