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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] July 8, 1940.

The British Ambassador called at his own request and inquired about the meaning of the Monroe Doctrine statement put out at Hyde Park on Sunday morning.9 I replied that it was not intended to be a statement of policy; that my statement given to the press a day or two before10 was intended to be a statement of policy.

C[ordell] H[ull]
  1. See Department’s telegram No. 247, July 7, 3 p.m., p. 389.↩
  2. Statement of July 5, Department of State Bulletin, July 6, 1940, p. 3.↩