639. Telegram 551 from Prague1
551. Re Deptel 2090 to Geneva.
Suggest Wang not be given copy letter unless he asks for it or it otherwise appears would be useful in context of meeting.
Suggest first sentence second paragraph reference letter be deleted. Do not see necessity raising in this letter, particularly if copy to be given Wang, controversial question of whether and by whose decision prisoners covered by agreed announcement. It seems to me omission of sentence would not jeopardize our position which has been made clear to Wang and avoids thus formally committing ourselves to carrying out release under agreed announcement rather than by our own unilateral action.
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.93/6–656. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Geneva for Osborn as telegram 47.↩