Office of the Historian

840.48 Refugees/1055: Telegram

The Chargé in Germany (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State

Berlin, December 7, 1938—1 p.m.
[Received December 7—10:07 a.m.]

701. Embassy’s 697, December 6, 4 p.m. Woermann has just called me on the telephone and informed me that the Brussels meeting had been postponed for a week. He said that this postponement was solely because of the illness of the German who would attend.

In relation to my telegram under reference Woermann is at present Acting Foreign Minister. Repeated to London for Rublee.

Gilbert