Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, Europe, Volume II

362.1121 Simpson, Lawrence/268: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Berlin (Jenkins)

Washington, September 23, 1936—6 p.m.

1. I do not anticipate that you will encounter any difficulty in carrying out the Department’s instructions in having a representative of the Consulate General admitted to the trial of Lawrence Simpson. If there should be any doubt of this, you should invoke with the competent judicial authority the final paragraph of Article 23 of the Treaty of December, 1923,¹⁴ and have the Embassy do likewise with the Foreign Office in order that the matter may be immediately arranged.

2. You are also directed to consult with Simpson’s counsel for the purpose of ascertaining whether adequate provision is being made to enable Simpson to present all testimony that may be of possible advantage to him.

3. You should keep the Department promptly informed in the premises.

4. [Here follows paragraph similar to first paragraph of telegram printed supra.]

5. I requested the German Ambassador to bring these considerations to the attention of his Government and I have also requested our Embassy at Berlin to convey them to the Foreign Office.

Hull

14. Treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights between the United, States and Germany, signed December 8, 1923, Foreign Relations, 1923, vol. ii, pp. 29, 42.