740.00119 EW/11–1044: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:30 p.m.]
4311. ReEmbs 4262, November 7, 2 p.m. I have today addressed a letter to Molotov stating that I would be prepared to proceed with discussions on Hungarian armistice terms and asking for an expression of his views in this respect. The British Ambassador tells me that he has no instructions. I think it likely that he has heard from his Government on this subject but has gone back at them. He is personally strongly in favor of the attitude we propose to take concerning reparations.
Sent to Department, repeated to London as 253 and to AmPolAd, Caserta, as No. 23.