Office of the Historian

740.00112 European War 1939/49: Telegram

The Minister in the Netherlands (Gordon) to the Secretary of State

The Hague, September 11, 1939—6 p.m.
[Received September 12—7:15 a.m.]

169. For the Secretary and Under Secretary. My 167, September 10, 1 p.m.15 Dutch and Belgians have agreed on identic note. Conditionally being put before the Oslo States with the suggestion that if they wish they can send a similar note but they are being told that whether they do or not the Dutch and Belgians will send this note in reply to the British proposal. As soon as note is delivered to British I will be given a copy.

Gordon
  1. Not printed; it reported a meeting of the Belgian and Netherland Foreign Ministers at Breda, September 11, in an endeavor to reach agreement on an identic reply to the British proposal (740.00112 European War 1939/40).↩