611.629Ruhr/33: Telegram
The Chargé in Belgium (Thaw) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 9—6:15 p.m.]
45. Department’s telegram no. 28, transmitted by Paris Embassy.40 The Foreign Office in a note of May 8 mentions the provisional character of the regulations but states that it would be impossible to change them. The objections to the issuance of certificates, however, are not specifically considered. It is stated that foreigners are not thought to be in a less favorable position than are the nationals of the occupying countries or of those represented on the services, for the reason that the latter must have complete documentation whereas for foreigners certificates obtained from their diplomatic missions are sufficient. Belgian note will be sent by mail tomorrow.41