Office of the Historian

340.1115A/797b: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)80

Washington, June 1, 1940.

1071. Refer to Department’s telegram directing you to notify the government to which you are accredited regarding departure of S. S. President Roosevelt for Galway and inform that government that the vessel left Galway on its return journey to the United States on June 2.

Hull

  1. The following instruction was added to this telegram: “Please also notify the Netherlands Government.”

    Sent on the same date to the Ambassador in France (No. 562) with instructions to notify Belgian Government and repeat to Angers for notification to Polish Government; to the Ambassador in Germany (No. 1463) with instructions to repeat also to American Embassy, Brussels, and American Legation, The Hague; and to the Minister in Norway (No. 454).

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