Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1943, The British Commonwealth, Eastern Europe, the Far East, Volume III

740.00114A Pacific War/297: Telegram

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

Bern, January 13, 1943.
[Received January 13—11:59 p.m.]

285. American interests—prisoners of war—China. Department’s 2761, December 7;⁸⁵ Legation’s 6036, December 21.⁸⁶ Intercroixrouge, Geneva, writes January 11.

“Instructed Zindel, our delegate Hong Kong, visit four American aviators reported prisoners Canton. Unfortunately visit impossible as activity delegate now confined Hong Kong exclusively. Paravicini,⁸⁷ Tokyo, requested intervene Japanese authorities obtain authorization visit.”⁸⁸

Harrison

85. Foreign Relations, 1942, vol. i, p. 830.
86. Not printed; it reported that the contents of No. 2761 had been transmitted to Intercroixrouge on December 8, 1942 (740.00114A Pacific War/262).
87. F. Paravicini, International Red Cross Committee delegate to Japan.
88. In telegram No. 1201, February 20 (740.00114A Pacific War/333), the Minister in Switzerland reported that the aviators were interned at Shanghai. In telegram No. 2102, April 3 (740.00114A Pacific War/390), he stated that a representative of the Intercroixrouge on March 24 had visited the aviators in a prisoners-of-war camp near Shanghai where they were reported as being in good health and treated the same as other prisoners of war.