Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1940, General, Volume I

740.0011 European War 1939/2343: Telegram

The Minister in the Netherlands (Gordon) to the Secretary of State

The Hague, April 19, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received April 19—4:12 p.m.]

129. My 117, April 15, 3 p.m.⁴⁹ In radio address this afternoon Prime Minister^49a announced that the entire country has now been placed under martial law.

Gordon

49. Not printed.
50. D. J. de Geer.