856A.20/70: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister to the Netherlands Government in Exile (Biddle), at London
Washington, November
1, 1941—3 p.m.
Netherlands Series No. 39. Your no. 37, October 31, 9 p.m.
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- We are telegraphing to Ambassador Caffery the text of the instructions to the Netherlands Minister in Rio de Janeiro, together with the views of the Netherlands Government with respect to the time table for succeeding steps.
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- You may inform the Foreign Minister that his proposed time table is agreeable to us and that we shall await an indication from him as to the time when his Government desires the dispatch of our troops. In this connection we assume that appropriate instructions will be sent to the Governor of Surinam when the Brazilian Government’s reply has been received.
Hull