740.0011 EW/5–745: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
Paris, May 7,
1945—10 p.m.
[Received May 7—6:33 p.m.]
[Received May 7—6:33 p.m.]
2447. From Murphy for Matthews. General Eisenhower has informed Combined Chiefs of Staff that the mission entrusted to his Allied Command has now been completed.83 [Murphy.]
Caffery
- On May 7, 1945, at Reims, France, the German High Command surrendered unconditionally to the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and to the Soviet High Command. The ratification of the unconditional surrender of all German Armed Forces to the Supreme Allied Commands took place in Berlin on May 8, 1945. For texts of the Acts of Military Surrender of May 7 and May 8, see Department of State Executive Agreement Series No. 502, or 59 Stat. (pt. 2) 1857. For details, see Pogue, The Supreme Command, p. 485.↩