740.0011 European War 1939/3176
The Netherlands Minister (Loudon) to the Secretary of State
Sir: I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that I have received a telegraphic communication from the Netherlands Minister in London, informing me that Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina and the Netherlands Government are for the time being in London64 and that in the greater part of The Netherlands the Netherlands Army has laid down arms.
The Netherlands, however, remain to be in a state of war with Germany and consequently the Netherlands Navy and the armed forces operating in those parts of The Netherlands, which have not been occupied, will continue to fight.
Please accept [etc.]
- On August 10, 1940, It. E. Schoenfeld was designated to perform duties as American Chargé near the Netherlands Government at London.↩