763.72112/11394a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Davis)
3973. For Sheldon [from War Trade Board]: No. 2018. We have issued the following announcement to the public.
“The War Trade Board announce that all persons in the United States are authorized, subject to the rules and regulations of the War [Page 795] Trade Board, to trade and communicate with persons residing in the States of Alsace and Lorraine. In accordance with this authorization, applications will now be considered for licenses to export or import all commodities to consignees or from consignors in the States of Alsace and Lorraine. For the exportation to Alsace and Lorraine of articles which are not on the Export Conservation List, individual export licenses will not be required. Applications for the exportation to Alsace and Lorraine of commodities which are on the Export Conservation List should be filed in the same manner as applications for licenses to export to France. For importations into the United States from Alsace-Lorraine, individual import licenses will be required under the same conditions as for importations from other European non-enemy countries, except where the shipments are covered by the list of general import licenses previously announced.”