740.0011 Moscow/22b: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet Union (Hamilton)
1001. Please notify us at the earliest possible moment of the time agreed upon for the issuance of the joint statement in order that the Under Secretary can inform the correspondents in Washington of the Secretary’s arrival in Moscow and provide them with a list of the delegates from the Department. This refers to the Department’s 970, October 9, 7 p.m. We hope that it will be possible for us to have this information prior to its release from Moscow or London in order that the correspondents in this country may not be scooped as regards the whole story. It is felt this is important since correspondents here have been particularly cooperative in connection with the conference and should therefore be protected in every way.