Office of the Historian

767.68119/898: Telegram

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

Istanbul, April 21, 1936—3 p.m.
[Received April 21—11:20 a.m.]

12. Department’s 17, April 20, 5 p.m. Reports are officially denied. While such a move might be welcomed by military its execution at the present time seems highly unlikely in view of the nature of Turkish diplomatic démarche concerning Straits and reception generally accorded to it.

MacMurray