Office of the Historian

Negotiations leading to the surrender of Germany; termination of hostilities in Europe 13

13. For previous related documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. i, pp. 100 ff.; see also ante, pp. 160 ff.

Additional material on the German surrender is contained in Forrest C. Pogue, The Supreme Command, in the official Army history United States Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1954), pp. 475 ff.

[570] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Paris, May 15, 1945—midnight.
[Received May 16—1:28 a.m.]

740.00119 Control (Germany)/5–1545: Telegram

[571] The Ambassador in Frame (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Paris, May 16, 1945—3 p.m.
[Received 10:15 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Germany)/5–1645: Telegram

[572] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

Washington, May 22, 1945—1 p.m.

862.00/5–1945: Telegram

[573] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Paris, May 23, 1945—11 p.m.
[Received May 23—9:15 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Germany)/5–2345: Telegram