Office of the Historian

740.00112 European War 1939/718: Telegram

The Chargé in Belgium (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Brussels, December 8, 1939—3 p.m.
[Received 5:48 p.m.]

215. Embassy’s 163, October 28, 10 a.m. Foreign Office informs me that agreements with Great Britain and France relating to the contraband control will probably be signed next week.68 It will be [Page 788] necessary, however, to make separate arrangements with respect to certain articles such as nonferrous metals concerning which it has not been possible to reach a satisfactory understanding. It is understood that these arrangements will be similar in principle to the agreement relating to the import of French iron ore and the export of coal and coke from Belgium. (See Embassy’s despatch No. 528, November 22.)69

Embassy’s telegram No. 202, November 28, noon.69 No answer has yet been received from Great Britain to the Belgian note protesting against British control of exports from Belgium.

Wilson
  1. In telegram No. 216, December 12, 4 p.m., the Chargé reported that he had been reliably informed that the agreements were signed on December 11, 1939 (740.00112 European War 1939/756).↩
  2. Not printed.↩
  3. Not printed.↩