Office of the Historian

740.00111A Combat Areas/53a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Johnson)75

Washington, December 2, 1939—5 p.m.

1541. Department desires to be advised promptly of any American vessels taken into any belligerent port, especially in the combat area, contrary to the provisions of the American Neutrality Act. You will recall that the Act does not apply to vessels which sailed from an American port prior to the effective date of the Act.

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  1. The same telegram was sent December 2, 7 p.m. to the Ambassador in France (No. 1478).↩