Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The British Commonwealth, Europe, Near East, and Africa, Volume II

851.5151/1754: Telegram

The Chargé in France (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Paris, March 11, 1938—noon.
[Received March 11—8:35 a.m.]

371. The Paris editor of the New York Herald Tribune, commenting upon the report that Blum had acceded to the Radical Socialist demand for rejection of exchange control, added that “a reliable source said last night pressure from the Treasury Department in Washington had helped him to make up his mind”.

We have received inquiries regarding this story and have replied that it is absurd.

There is no mention of the story in the French press.

Wilson