File No. 860d.00/144
The British Ambassador (Reading) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 17.]
My Dear Mr. Secretary: On the receipt of your letter of May 9 in regard to the question of the provisional recognition of the de facto Finnish government, I at once telegraphed to London to enquire what was the final decision reached in this matter and how far the conditions previously laid down by His Majesty’s Government had been accepted and fulfilled.
We have now received a reply to the effect that no answer has yet been received from the Finnish government and that His Majesty’s Government have no intention of proceeding further in the matter.
Believe me [etc.]