740.0011 European War 1939/1080: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 23—8:05 p.m.]
2814. The Minister of the Netherlands called on me this afternoon and said that it was now the view of his Government that Germany would not attack the Netherlands this autumn.
He added that although there was no formal agreement between the Netherlands and Belgium, or Belgium and France, he was now convinced that in case of a German attack on the Netherlands the [Page 474] Belgian Army would march at once in support of the Dutch Army and the Belgian Government would ask the French Government to send the French Army at once into Belgium to support the Belgian Army.
The Minister of the Netherlands went on to say that the information of his Government from the Far East indicated that there was now no danger that Japan would attack the Dutch East Indies. He added that it was the impression of his Government that the policy of the Government of the United States vis-à-vis Japan had greatly moderated the policies of the Japanese Government and that his Government was most heartily grateful that the Government of the United States was following its present line of policy in the Far East.