740.0011 European War 1939/1091: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:35 p.m.]
2834. Champetier de Ribes16 said to me today that it was now absolutely certain that if Germany should attack the Netherlands, Belgium would march at once in support of the Netherlands and would appeal at once to France for military support which would be accorded immediately. He added that the specific arrangements for giving this assistance had already been made.
The Minister went on to say that telegrams received by the French Government this morning indicated that the German Government might be thinking again of attacking the Netherlands in the near future.
- French Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.↩