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

740.0011 European War 1939/10840: Telegram

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

Beirut , May 12, 1941—noon.
[Received May 12—9:45 a.m.]

136. According to reliable sources at Dier ez Zor an unknown number of airplanes of unknown nationality were heard flying east at great height on May 8 at 10:30 p.m. Observers feel reasonably certain they were German.

Repeated to Vichy and Jerusalem.

Engert