File No. 763.72114/3750
The Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 27, 11 p.m.]
3786. Department’s 2147, June 22, 2 p.m. My Spanish colleague has just handed me a telegram from the Spanish Ambassador in Berlin stating that he has received a note from the German Foreign Office to the effect that the German Government notes with satisfaction the proposal of the United States Government for a conference at Berne regarding prisoners of war and is willing to designate delegates. The German Government considers it of importance not to limit the discussion to prisoners of war but to extend it to civilians in the respective countries. It regrets not to be in position to fix exact date as it fears that the delegates who would take part in the conference will not be free until the end of August. In view of the above I have not communicated Department’s 2147 to Berlin.