340.1115A/1066: Telegram
The Chargé in Germany (Heath) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 3—1:44 p.m.]
2311. Following from Gordon.
“Will Department please instruct Harrison in Bern to request the Swiss Government to issue instructions to the Swiss Minister to The Hague to grant visas with no more than a few hours delay to Americans who may be given a sudden chance of evacuation and regarding whom the Legation at The Hague will give assurances to the Swiss Minister there that these Americans are only crossing Switzerland in transit on their way to a port of embarkation for the United States. Gordon.”