740.0011 European War 1939/8884: Telegram

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

888. The Embassy hears from a fairly reliable source that Gesandter Schwörbel, Chief of the Southwestern [Southeastern] European Section of the German Foreign Office,42a is either en route to or has arrived at Athens for the purpose of promoting a Greek compromise settlement with Italy.

Repeated to Athens.

Morris
  1. Paul Schwörbel, head of the Division for Southeast Europe and the Near East in the News Service and Press Department of the German Foreign Office.