Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT(Naval Ade/251 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECLASSIFIED WASHINGTON E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Depf. Guidelines, March 9-5-85 6, 1982 September 26, 1951 By DEB NLT, Date s SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS TURKEY Turkish Foreign Minister Koprulu called Ambassa- dor Wadsworth yesterday morning to say that Prime Minister Menderes and Koprulu would receive Wadsworth at noon to give him the answers to the questions raised in our President's mes- sagesto President Bayar and to Wadsworth's oral questions which he put to Koprulu on delivering the messages. Menderes said the Turkish cabinet had met for three hours the previous evening with President Bayar presiding, and he wished to express, on behalf of the whole government, its full concur- rence in President Bayar's remarks to Wadsworth and its own apprecia- tion of America's part in the invitation to Turkey to join the NATO. The Cabinet welcomed our proposal for preliminary private conversations and consultation prior to Turkey's official admittance to NATO. Menderes also gave the official answers to the three questions we had raised: Turkey "warmly welcomes and accepts in prin- ciple" the invitation to become a founding member of a Middle East Com- mand on an equal footing with the other powers, with all details of organi- zation and command to be reached by common agreement among the mem- bers. As to a visit to Turkey by Allied generals, Turkey felt that a formal visit by an Allied mission seemed undesirable prior to Turkish admittance to NATO but would be agreeable to an informal visit by General Bradley at present, although it would probably be best if Bradley were not accompanied by British or French counterparts at this time. As to Egypt, Turkey would gladly join in an approach to Egypt inviting it to participate as a founding member in a Middle East Command. Koprulu in- - dicated that the Cabinet shared his views as to the urgency of an approach to Egypt, but he added that "for the approach to the other Arab countries we must prepare the ground most carefully". TOPSECRET