File No. 763.72112/2373a

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)

[Telegram]

3068. Permits for importation of German cotton goods ordered prior to March 1 unofficially presented through Foreign Trade Adviser to British Embassy here now being canceled or refused on the ground that Germany has embargoed such goods. Vigorously protest [Page 525] to Foreign Office that Germany’s action should not alter conditions of original agreement, especially as Germany makes exceptions to embargoed goods and grants permits for export upon assurances of non-interference by British Government. Department must insist unofficially upon reversal of this action and emphatically protests against various trifling excuses used lately by British Foreign Office for refusal of various permits.

Polk