740.0011 European War 1939/12056: Telegram
The Consul General at Beirut (Engert) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:59 p.m.]
212. Reference paragraph 3 [1?] of my 208, June 13th. Principal German Agent Roser and some 8 or 10 German and Italian members of the armistice sub-commissions have just returned to Beirut from Aleppo. They are being taken on a tour of inspection of the front by the French authorities who seem to be anxious to prove to the Germans that the French forces are resisting in earnest. Several of these Germans and Italians have also visited the French military hospital, also interviewed French wounded regarding the fighting.
Please repeat to London. Repeated to Vichy.