Office of the Historian

840.48 Refugees/1661: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Germany (Kirk)

Washington, June 13, 1939—6 p.m.

223. Following telegram received from Pell dated June 9, 6 p.m.:

[Here follows the text of telegram No. 811, from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom, printed on page 121.]

While we do not feel that you should make official representations in the matter, nevertheless you are authorized if and when the matter [Page 125] has been brought to the attention of the German Government by the British Ambassador at Berlin, to point out unofficially that such tactics on the part of the German Government would make more difficult the task of those in this country who are endeavoring against heavy odds to work out an orderly solution of the problem of refugees.

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