740.00114A European War 1939/299: Telegram
The Ambassador in Turkey (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:55 p.m.]
586. Department’s 269, March 26. My 547, March 24. I very much appreciate Department’s prompt reply. The informal discussions in this matter have at all times been predicated on the understanding that the release of the aviators presently interned in Turkey is not to be construed either as a precedent or as initiating a policy for the release of any aviators, Allied or Axis, who may make forced landings in Turkey in future. In agreeing today to release of all of the interned aviators, I have again made our position unmistakably clear on this point.