خارجي ٣٤٦٣/٤٥ "دعوة أمريكية موجهة إلى ضباط عسكريين أتراك والأمير بيتر، أمير اليونان، لزيارة الهند والصين وبورما." [و‎‎١‎٦] (٨٠/٣١)

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We recently heard from H*M* Ambassador Istanbul (via the
- Foreign Office) that General Giles the Gomnanding General
of the U.S« Forces in the Mediterranean, with a £ number of
American Officers, had invited a party of Turkish Military
~ Officers, including the Deputy Chief of Staff,.to visit India,
China and Bimna by air. On receiving this information it
seemed hwwlffio us that the Americans should take it upon
themselves to invite a party of Turkish Officers to visit
British territory without apparently bothering to consult
any British authority beforehand. We accordingly asked the
. Foreign Office to request H.M. Ambassador Istanbul to warn the
Turkish Government that- the party would need Indian visas
before entering India apd we, at the same time, consulted
India by telegramf Simultaneously the Foreign Office sent a
telegram to the Political Adviser, S.E.A.C., asking for
* SAG SEA* s views. Our telegram to India wps crossed py
one from them (flag M A") stating that they had been approached
by the U.S. Commissioner in India asking them to agree to
the visit of the party which was stated to consist not only
of the Americans and the Turks, but also of Prince Peter of
Greece. The telegram stated that the party were due to
leave Cairo on the 21st July and to spend a few days in
Ceylon en route via India to Chungking and to sp%nd a day or
two in Delhi on the Way back to Cairo.
It seems probable that the U.S. Conmissioner was asked
by General Giles to make this approach to the Government
of India as a result of seme hint dropped to him by H.M.
Ambassador Istanbul and it is a pity that the application
was not made earlier in order to give reasonable time for its
consideration, thief
After consultation with the Whitehall Departments
concerned, we replied to the Government of India as in
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