http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/aug41/f10aug41.htm
British and Soviets to support Turkey
Sunday, August 10, 1941 www.onwar.com
From London and Moscow... The British and Soviet governments pledge to assist Turkey if that country is attacked by Axis forces.
In Newfoundland... Churchill and Roosevelt continue their meeting at Placentia Bay. Both are accompanied by their military staffs. The discussions cover the situation in Europe and the Far East.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/10.htm
August 10th, 1941
UNITED KINGDOM: London: Britain and the USSR promise to go to the assistance of Turkey in the event of an attack by any European power. In identical statements presented to the Turkish foreign office by their ambassadors, the two Allies have also pledged themselves to “observe the territorial integrity of the Turkish republic.”
The statements are seen as counters to German propaganda that Russia would take advantage of Turkey and invade should the latter enter the war.
U.S.S.R.: U-451 sank SKR-27 Zhemchug.
U-144 sunk in Gulf of Finland north of Dagö, in approximate position 59N, 23E, by torpedoes from the Russian submarine SC-307. 28 dead (all hands lost).
Soviet submarine mined and sunk near Vladivostok. (Dave Shirlaw)
NEWFOUNDLAND: The Atlantic Charter Conference between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill continues for a second day in Placentia Bay. Roosevelt boards the destroyer USS McDougal (DD-358) and is transported to religious services in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales as a guest of Churchill. After inspecting the topsides of the British battleship, the President returns in McDougal to heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31); that night, the President hosts the Prime Minister at dinner. (Jack McKillop)
SOUTH AMERICA: Plots to stage pro-Nazi coups are uncovered in Argentina, Cuba and Chile.