740.0011 European War 1939/848: Telegram
The Chargé in Germany (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9 p.m.]
1817. Personal for the Secretary. I have made two approaches with a view to carrying out your instructions as set forth in your 742, October 21. The only results attained so far is a statement through a high official in the Foreign Office to the effect that several days ago the Belgian military authorities in Brussels inquired of the German Military Attaché there as to the reported concentration of German troops on the Belgian frontier and were told that no German mechanized troops were in that area but that information had reached Germany that the French had concentrated mechanized troops on the French-Belgian frontier and that Belgian troops were massed on the Belgian-German border. The suggestion was implied that explanations of these reports elicited from the French and Belgians might be helpful.
I am hoping to be able to avail myself of a more direct contact in the near future in an attempt to give some positive effect to your instruction.