English Translation

1 Prctlem was discussed, whereby the English were empowered by the Russians to speak to them x x x The enemies, after the meeting in Cairo, tried to place in speeches and pronouncements the attitude of Turkey as that of a loyal confederal whose sympathy has always been clearly lying on the sides of the 'nUnited Nations'. Turkey was "non-warring" and had now again expressed its moral attitude unequivocally. The moment in which it could decide to actively intervene in the fight against the Axis powers would no longer be too far away. Russia's participation in the conference and the warm course of the discussions had shown that Turkish concern about the start of the Russian expansion efforts had also now been banished. This image, suggested by the hostile side of the world, is in complete contrast to the view of the Turkish statesmen, who have become familiar to us, as they are sometimes passionately represented and interpreted by them, and as confirmed from reliable sources. A sober consideration of the situation must indeed come to quite different results. The communiqués and press interviews are not able to deceive over it, give much closer here and there an indication that the meetings in Cairo must have taken an almost dramatic course at times. After the November meetings, which he held with Eden after the Moscow conference, the Turkish Minister of Hussa Numan Memencioglu had also been able to report in Cairo that Eden had carefully addressed the issue of Turkish war entry, not demanded anything, but only "excited" and "prayed", according to the news of the Cairo meeting from 4 to 6 December, which therefore followed the conference of Tehran, that massive pressure from the enemy's side was now considered accessible and appropriate. Numan's statement to the press that the debate had occasionally been conducted with brutal openness and that he had told each other things that the other part had not known, already speaks volumes. Confidential reports say that the Pürkian President was appalled by the atmosphere in Cairo and that it took time to appear in person. The pernicious game of the opponents is thus in Cairo quite obviously wor- den. Had