Office of the Historian

340.1115A/710: Telegram

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

Berlin, May 27, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received 5:45 p.m.]

1536. My 1526, May 27, 11 a.m.68 I am informed by persons present at the press conference this noon that the Foreign Office spokesman called attention to the alleged British plot to sink the President Roosevelt and said that information was accumulating hourly which proved England’s intention to resort to another Athenia trick. He added that he hoped to be able to tell the correspondents tomorrow the story of how the German Government has been in communication with the American Embassy in Berlin regarding the case.

With regard to the last statement the only communication thus far received from the Foreign Office with reference to the President Roosevelt is that reported in my 1510, 25th.69

Heath
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Not printed. The Foreign Office acknowledged receipt of the Embassy’s notes regarding the voyage of the S. S. Roosevelt to Galway and stated that it had informed the appropriate domestic authorities. (340.1115A/691)↩