840.48 Refugees/1879: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 4—3:30 p.m.]
1927. Department’s 1140, October 2, midnight. The British are gratified to learn that our position is in such substantial accord with theirs. In view of this agreement on the question of substance they see no need for a public declaration of their position. With respect to Part I of the Committee’s Mandate they assume in this connection that our Government will refrain from making any statement on emigration from Germany of a character which would embarrass them. They believe that statements in the privacy of the Committee of the positions of the respective Governments should suffice and that it should not be difficult to draft a suitable public communiqué. They consider, however, that a subsequent decision during the war either to resume conversations with the German authorities or actively to promote emigration direct from Germany would probably force them to withdraw.