867.24/772: Telegram

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

1313. My 1247, July 17; Department’s 626, July 22.94 I have ascertained informally from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs that the proposed master Lend-Lease agreement was submitted by the Foreign Office to the Ministries of National Defense and Finance whose replies in the opinion of the Foreign Office were inadequate in that they had gone too much into detail, and had overlooked some of the broad features of policy or had been too general in their comments. As a result the Foreign Office returned the papers to these Ministries for further consideration and anticipates the receipt of their final comments in about 10 days after which the matter will be considered by the Minister for Foreign Affairs who will then take up the subject with the Council of Ministers.

Steinhardt
  1. See footnote 93, supra.