Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, Europe, Volume II

740.0011 European War 1939/9507: Telegram

The Ambassador in Turkey (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, March 31, 1941—6 p.m.
[Received April 1—7:38 a.m.]

87. In conversation with our Military Attaché yesterday Von Papen⁷⁸ made the statement that if Yugoslavia will not join the new order peacefully Germany will compel her to do so by military force in order to prevent the British and Americans forcing her into the other camp.

MacMurray

78. Franz von Papen, German Ambassador in Turkey.