740.00119 European War 1939/151: Telegram
The Chargé in Germany (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:25 p.m.]
2058. My 2043, November 14, 1 p.m.7 A DNB announcement just issued states as follows:
“Ribbentrop received the Belgian Ambassador and the Netherlands Minister today. He advised the Envoys of Belgium and the Netherlands in the name of the Fuehrer that after the brusque rejection of the peace offer of the Belgian King and the Netherlands Queen by the British and the French Governments the German Government considers these proposals as disposed of.”
The Belgian Ambassador and Netherlands Minister were received at the Foreign Office shortly after 6:00 p.m. today.
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