811.91262/203a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France ( Leahy )
Washington
, March 20,
1941—6 p.m.
247. A very great amount of anxiety has been created in various circles here because of the arrest of Jay Allen. Mrs. Roosevelt is personally interested in the matter as well as many other prominent persons.
I shall appreciate it if you will investigate the situation yourself and let me have your judgment as to what, if anything, the Embassy can do to expedite his release. I fully appreciate the circumstances set forth by Barnes in his recent messages, but it may be that you feel that something further can be done.
Welles