Office of the Historian

740.00111A Combat Areas/53a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Johnson)76

Washington, December 7, 1939—8 p.m.

1565. Department’s 1541, December 2, 5 p.m. Have any American vessels been taken into the combat area since the approval on November 4 of the Neutrality Act of 1939?

Telegraph reply.

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  1. The same telegram was sent December 7, 6 p.m., to the Ambassador in France (No. 1497).↩