Izmaiņas

|style="padding: 7px !important" | ''The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your telegram of July 27.''

{| class="wikitable"|style="padding: 7px" | [..] ''I fully understand your disappointment, and that of members of the United Baltic Appeal, Inc., over the cancelation of the meeting. While it is true that the dates for the Congress were made known well in advance, a combination of other circumstances came to a critical head very shortly before the opening of the Congress which led to the difficult decision that the meeting not be held in Berlin. It was the view of the responsible Allied and German authorities that, had the meeting taken place as scheduled, the consequences might have been contrary to objectives that we all support. I can assure you that this action was not taken as the result of any suggestion or action of the Soviet Union. Rather, it was an independent decision made by the United States, British and French governments, with which the German government was in complete agreement.''

''With respect to Baltic states, and Latvia in particular, United States policy is well known and has not changed. The United States has consistently refused to recognize the forcible incorporation of the Baltic states into the Soviet Union. ''[..]<ref>National Archives (NA), College Park, Maryland. RG 59, 1963-1973, Box 2304: John P. White&nbsp;— Frances P. Bolton, 15.08.1968.</ref> |}