File No. 763.72114A/219

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

[Telegram]

3137. For Dresel [from War Trade Board]:

No. 144. Replying Legation’s 5057, October 5, 3 p.m., your 205. Board sustains action of A[llied] B[lockade] C[ommittee] in Paris [Berne] of refusing shipments for Y.M.C.A. into Germany for the use of Russians who were once prisoners but are now held there in duress.

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