740.00119 European War 1939/25: Telegram
The Minister in Rumania (Gunther) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:35 p.m.]
305. For the Secretary and President. My No. 296, October 2, 5 p.m. Prime Minister Argetoianu has also asked me whether any [Page 501] peace initiative is under contemplation. I told him I was not informed but that speaking in a purely personal capacity such a move seemed premature; anyway Germany’s condition has not yet been even officially outlined. In reply to my queries regarding the background of his and Gafencu’s inquiries I elicited the information that Von Papen74 had approached the Rumanian Ambassador at Ankara with the suggestion that the Baltic States make a united peace movement. Argetoianu said the matter was under consideration but that they wanted to hear from us first and then see whether the Scandinavian, Baltic and other neutral states in Europe would act in unison. He seemed to think that only we could determine England.
- German Ambassador in Turkey.↩