Office of the Historian

123 [Messersmith, George S.]: Telegram

The Ambassador in Argentina (Messersmith) to the Secretary of State

[Extract]
confidential
us urgent
niact
Buenos Aires, June 5, 1947—11 a.m.

677. Personal for Secretary Marshall. I received at 9:30 this morning urtel 478, June 4,52 stating that President has instructed you to inform me that my mission having been completed as announced in press on June 3 my resignation is accepted and that it is desired that I return to the US. You state that in reaching this decision, the President has been moved by the over-riding interests of the country and is not unmindful, as he will tell me on my return, of the years of distinguished service, which he states, I have given to our Govt. [Page 202] You request me to inform FonOff immediately of my recall inasmuch as the President may be compelled to announced this change at his press conference this morning of June 5.54

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Messersmith
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. By direction of the President, the following statement was issued to the press on the evening of June 5: “It is now possible for the State Department to announce that Ambassador Messersmith’s mission having been completed, his resignation has been accepted and he will return to the United States.” (123 Messersmith, George S.)↩