340.1115A/775: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
Paris, June
1, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received June 1—1:50 p.m.]
[Received June 1—1:50 p.m.]
995. Marseilles and Lyons have just been bombarded by planes of unidentified nationality. One ship in the harbor of Marseilles is on fire. The Washington positively must receive orders at once not to enter the Mediterranean.
Bullitt