Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East; The Near East and Africa, Volume IV

390D.1124 Bitzer, John Andre/7: Telegram

The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State

Paris, December 18, 1939—4 p.m.
[Received December 18—2:38 p.m.]

2991. Your 1313, October 26, 6 p.m., and my 2690, November 8, 5 p.m. Foreign Office advises that reasons for detention of John Andre Bitzer have been communicated to Consul at Beirut.²³

Bullitt

23. There is no indication in Department files that any supporting evidence for the expulsion of Mr. Bitzer was ever given; the Bitzers were forced to leave Syria, December 7, 1939.