840.48 Refugees/839: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 20—3:20 p.m.]
1218. From Rublee. Pell reported the substance of your 836 [636], October 19, 7 p.m., at the Foreign Office this afternoon. Meanwhile they had conferred with Henderson and are inclined to believe that it would be unwise to threaten the Germans, even indirectly, at this [Page 803] stage. They share our view, however, that the preliminary nature of my first visit should be emphasized to Weizsaecker together with the fact that the Committee is concerned with refugees in general, not alone Jews, and that it is everyone’s desire to avoid publicity. They do not believe that it would be wise to touch upon the economic aspect. They are prepared to instruct the British Chargé d’Affaires in Berlin to speak to Weizsaecker in the above sense but wish to be assured that Wilson will be instructed to take a similar line. [Rublee.]