File No. 124.55/18
The Minister in Switzerland (Stovall) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 2, 10.15 a.m.]
711. Maverick informs me that Minister Whitlock and personnel of Brussels Legation with their families and all consuls and vice consuls in Belgium with their families will leave Brussels to-morrow (Monday) night and arrive Swiss territory probably Wednesday morning. The Minister will be accompanied by all members of the Commission for Relief in Belgium with the exception of Gray, assistant director, and four other Americans who will be compelled to remain for approximately four weeks to wind up affairs and who have written guaranties of permission to leave Belgium. A secretary of the Spanish Legation in Brussels will accompany Minister Whitlock’s train.