Office of the Historian

362.1121 Simpson, Lawrence/281: Telegram

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

Berlin, September 28, 1936—5 p.m.
[Received September 28—11:10 a.m.]

Court has just found Simpson guilty of so-called treason and espionage and has sentenced him to 3 years penitentiary less 14 months already spent in jail. Report by mail follows.16

Jenkins
  1. Not printed; by telegram No. 123, September 28, 4 p.m., the Secretary of State requested that full report be transmitted by telegraph (362.1121 Simpson, Lawrence/285).↩