File No. 763.72112/1571
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 15, 8 a. m.]
2800. Your 2103, September 11, 6 p. m., taken up informally with the Foreign Office which advises me that reference in Foreign Office note was not meant to mean “Holland alone” but that action will apply to all neutral countries and ports concerning goods of German, Austrian, and Turkish origin. I urged upon the Foreign Office importance of receipt of the information referred to and was informed that matter was still under consideration by the French Government but that the Foreign Office was pressing them for an answer and promised to let the Department know as soon as they possibly could.