File No. 763.72113/550
The Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6.35 p.m.]
3348. My 3163, April 25, 4 p.m., American property in Germany. Imperial Foreign Office informs Spanish Embassy, Berlin, that measures regarding registration, sequestration, and liquidation of American property apply to the property of Americans residing in Germany as well as of those not residing there and that residence has no effect upon the working of the law. The German Government states it is resolved to execute any decrees against American property only in so far as the American authorities carry out the laws passed against German property in the United States.