File No. 860c.48/51
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall)
2758. Your 3392, May 16, 2 p.m. Ascertain and report whether (1) Swiss Government would, with the consent of the German Government, send one or more Swiss officials into Poland to supervise the distribution and effective control by the local Polish committees of a shipment of condensed or evaporated milk from the United States for the Polish babies and small children in Warsaw and other large urban communities in Poland; (2) whether Swiss Government believes it could obtain from German Government effective guarantees that this shipment would not be interfered with or requisitioned either in whole or in part by the German authorities; and (3) whether Swiss Government can suggest any arrangement whereby the destruction of the containers after use by the Polish recipients can be assured to prevent utilization of the tin therein.
The proposal of this Government to send this milk into Poland is contingent, first, upon satisfactory replies from the Swiss and German Governments, and, second, upon the possibility of making [Page 536] satisfactory arrangements with the Shipping Board for its transportation to a Mediterranean port.
You may advise the Polish Committee in Vevey of the steps taken.