740.0011 European War 1039/2882: Telegram
The Ambassador in France ( Bullitt ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 11—6:41 p.m.]
633. For the President. You have I am sure seen the splendid telegrams that the Pope has addressed to the King of the Belgians, the Queen of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg.
I do not know what you may have in mind as an expression of America’s moral condemnation of the German attack on these three countries but I feel that either by telegrams similar to those of the Pope or by some other declaration you should state the case for decency in the world.
Incidentally the evening papers in Paris publish the fact that there are more than 100 dead and wounded civilians in France as a result of German bombardments, the majority women and children.