Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1942, General; the British Commonwealth; the Far East, Volume I

390.1115/2659: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Harrison)

Washington, April 11, 1942.

910. Your 1307, 1st.⁴⁰ This Government would like to receive through the protecting power or the International Red Cross Committee lists of the internees in the six places mentioned.⁴¹

It also desires additional information regarding conditions in the several places with particular reference to the nature of the quarters, kinds and amount of food, sanitary provisions, facilities for exercise and recreation, number and frequency of visits permitted by friends and relatives, and complaints.

In what respects are conditions at (5) Kobe unsatisfactory?

Inform Japanese Government that this Government furnishes Japanese interned or detained in its hands full necessities of life but that it recognizes their desire for other things such as tobacco, toilet articles, et cetera, and permits the payment to them of relief for the purchase thereof. It expects like treatment by the Japanese of Americans in Japanese hands.

Welles

40. Not printed.
41. Japanese cities.