865.014/9–2745: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Gallman)
8955. Urtel 10042 Sep 27. In view of agreement by Council of Foreign Ministers, mentioned in FonOff communication, Dept feels that previously proposed communication to Hoxha by SACMED would now be inopportune and that proposal should be dropped.
Course originally suggested by Dept (Deptel 7048 Aug 20, rptd to Caserta as 757 and to Tirana as 65) involved assumption that notification to Hoxha would be made before question of Saseno came up for final determination. Since agreement of Council of Foreign Ministers on disposition of island, although it has not been made public, would appear in effect to dispose of problem, Dept believes that further pursuit of matter would serve no useful purpose.
Please inform FonOff of Dept’s views in above sense41.
Sent to London, repeated to Caserta and Tirana42.
- Telegram 11322, October 29, 8 p.m., from London, reported receipt of a letter dated October 25 from the British Foreign Office replying to Embassy’s communications giving Department’s view regarding the Saseno matter; British agreed that no useful purpose would be served by pushing the matter any further (865.014/10–2945).↩
- Repeated to Caserta as 885 and Tirana as 97.↩