124.57/56a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)
Washington, July 29,
1940—7 p.m.
2081. Your 2410, July 26, 4 p.m. Please inform Schoenfeld that he is hereby designated to perform the duties of Chargé d’Affaires ad interim near the Government of Norway now established in London.
The Department desires to designate Schoenfeld in a similar capacity near the Netherlands Government. Please ascertain informally and telegraph whether the British Government has any objection and whether the designation would be agreeable to the Netherlands Government.
Welles