File No. 763.72114/3839
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall )
2349. Your 4042, July 22, 2 p.m. Department desires that you request Swiss Government to ascertain from German Government whether it is agreeable that a representative of the former Government preside at the coming prisoners-of-war conference in Berne. Department believes that this request should be made through the Swiss Government rather than the Spanish Embassy in Berlin, because the Spanish Government has itself offered to appoint a representative to preside at the conference. Department does not wish to reject this offer until an arrangement has been definitely concluded with the Swiss Government satisfactory to both the German Government and the Government of the United States.