Memorandum from Secretary of State James Byrnes to President Harry S. Truman, Current Foreign Developments
Images (6)
Document
| id |
id
207521994
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
document
|
| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (6)
Extracted text
OCR Page 1 of 6TOP SECRET
DECLASSIFIED
(E)
Peturn to Sesset
11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) 10. or
1972
E.O. of State letter, Aug. 6.26.25
Seen olstate
Dept. MARS Date
By
July 4, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Current Foreign Developments
Turkey Deeply Concerned by Russia: Disappointed
at U.S. View. Turkish Prime Minister Saracoglu ex-
pressed disappointment at the American attitude on
current Russo-Turkish developments and great concern
over the situation in general, in a conversation with
Ambassador Wilson.
Saracoglu could not understand our hope for
"further conversations regarding the two respec-
tive points of view". Ambassador Wilson replied that
the American view was that the subject should not be
overemphasized on the eve of the Big Three talks. De-
claring "the Soviets have gone mad", Saracoglu said
that even though it be hopeless Turkey would fight to
thwart any attempt by Russia against its independence.
Turkey was willing to discuss a new treaty with Russia
and the Straits Convention, but would not accept Soviet
domination.
Saracoglu felt that the Big Three meeting might
determine the future of the Near and Middle East for
a long time to come. If Russia proves able later to
press territorial questions with Turkey, other countries
in the region will rush to make the best terms they
can with Moscow and the whole area will be dominated
by the Soviets.
Saracoglu also told Wilson that Molotov had been
TRUNKY
careful
ARCHIVES "NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE* AND
Relations
belongs_to