File No. 763.72114A/271
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall)
3258. For Garrett:
Your 24, October 25, 10 a.m. War Department has no objection to the declaration which the American delegation desires to insert to the effect that “it is not its present practice or intention to transport to the United States any of the prisoners captured by its land forces who would be subject under the terms of this agreement to compulsory labor.”
In view of the terms of the treaty of 1799 with Prussia, the Department deems it advisable that this declaration should appear to have been the wish of the German delegation and to have been made at their express request and with their express consent and approval. See secret mail instructions to you dated August 22.1