Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, General, The British Commonwealth and Europe, Volume II

851.731/127: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Bullitt)

Washington, September 25, 1939—8 p.m.

1059. Your 1988, September 15, 6 p.m. Department advised by RCA⁷¹ Communications, Inc., that the French Administration has definitely informed the communication companies that all telegrams, with the exception of telegrams to or from certain banks, must be written in plain language.

RCA adds that in the circumstances the communication companies have no alternative but to conform to these restrictions.

Hull

71. Radio Corporation of America.