362.115/142: Telegram
The Chargé in France (Wilson) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 4—2:15 p.m.]
707. Your 250, May 3, 3 p.m. I have discussed this with Massigli.28 He says that the question is under study by the legal advisers and no decision has yet been reached. He expressed the personal opinion without having examined the question that the German decree violates French treaty rights although he could not recall which treaty. In any case it runs counter to French doctrine of non discrimination as between French nationals in a foreign state and nationals of that state. He will advise me when a decision is made.
- René Massigli, Director of Commercial and Political Affairs in the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs.↩