File No. 763.72114/3765

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall)

[Telegram]

2304. Your 3822, June 30, 12 a.m.1 Request the good offices of the Swiss Government in assisting in coming conference. Ascertain [Page 83] whether Swiss Government will nominate a Swiss national to preside and whether it will furnish a room in which the conference may take place, adding that this Government would particularly appreciate a favorable reply.

Request Spanish Embassy in Berlin to inform German Government that this Government considers it highly important that a definite date for the conference be set as soon as possible, and that this Government is ready to extend the proposed conference to include civilians so far as concerns the conditions existing in civil internment camps.

Polk
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