740.00112 European War 1939/448: Telegram
The Minister in Sweden (Sterling) to the Secretary of State
Stockholm, November
4, 1939—noon.
[Received 1:11 p.m.]
[Received 1:11 p.m.]
183. Consul at Goteborg has received confidential communication from British Consul there to the effect that British Admiralty is shortly starting convoy system between Bergen and Methil, Scotland, and invites neutral shipping to take advantage of it.
The German Government recently addressed a note to the Swedish Government warning neutral ships not to accept British offers of convoy as this would deprive them of neutral rights and if accepted they would be treated by Germany as enemy ships.
Sterling