Office of the Historian

340.1115A/903: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)97a

Washington, June 15, 1940.

1229. Reference previous telegrams regarding departure steamship Washington from Galway, Consul Galway advises ship left Galway for New York 7 a.m. June 15. Confirm sailing government to which you are accredited.

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

    Sent on the same date to the Consul at Bordeaux (No. 148) with instructions to notify also Belgian and Polish Governments; to the Ambassador in Germany (No. 1638) with instructions to notify also American Embassy at Brussels and American Legation, The Hague; and to the Ambassador in Italy (No. 199).

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