Office of the Historian

340.1115A/1544: Telegram

The Chargé in Germany (Morris) to the Secretary of State

Berlin, October 17, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received 6:10 p.m.]

4356. Department’s 2734, October 15, 6 p.m., and my 3835, August 31, noon. American citizens in Germany are having no difficulty in obtaining exit visas but except in rare instances are not being allowed to purchase foreign exchange unless they are able to show that they brought the exchange into Germany with them or unless the funds come within the purview of the German assurances with respect to inheritance transfers.

There has been no recent information from Brussels or Rotterdam regarding the departure of American citizens and the Consuls in those two cities are being requested to report.70

Morris

  1. In despatch No. 434, November 7, the Vice Consul at Brussels reported that the first group of Americans left Brussels en route for Lisbon on October 22 but that various difficulties regarding money and Spanish visas continued.

    In despatch No. 753, November 28, the Consul General at Amsterdam reported that the problem of evacuation of the American colony in the Netherlands had been practically liquidated. (340.1115A/1679, 1748)

    ↩