Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1942, General; the British Commonwealth; the Far East, Volume I

701.6211/1475: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Switzerland (Huddle)

Washington, December 31, 1941.

441. Your 482, December 30. Department is agreeable to emendation of its proposal along lines suggested by Federal Political Department and requests that Swiss Government inform German, Italian, Hungarian, Rumanian, Bulgarian and Danish Governments of these suggestions and of the Department’s assent thereto.

The provision in Department’s 338 for presence of Red Cross personnel on the exchange vessel is permissive and was included because of this Government’s desire to extend all possible facilities to the International Red Cross and other Red Cross societies in case they should wish to take advantage of the exchange vessel for the transportation of personnel.

With reference to suggested emendation of paragraph 11 of Department’s 338, Department would suggest substitution of language similar to that in final sentence of paragraph 13 of its 405, December 26.¹³

Hull

13. Post, p. 382.