Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The British Commonwealth; The Near East and Africa, Volume III

890D.927/141: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Beirut (Engert)

Washington, March 11, 1941—5 p.m.

32. Your No. 52, February 27, 9 a.m. The Embassy at Vichy is being instructed by mail to make a formal reservation of the rights of the Oriental Institute and to express the confidence of the American Government that the Government of France will not accede to the German Government’s request that the contract be cancelled.

Hull