890.1115/980f: Telegram

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

126. American interests—Far East. Please ask the Swiss Government to endeavor to secure through the good offices of the Swiss Consul at Manila as complete a list as possible of American civilians [Page 844] killed, wounded or seriously ill, together with any further information that he may be able to furnish concerning the treatment and situation generally of Americans in the Philippines.80

Hull
  1. For list of Americans and nationals of other countries believed to have been interned in Manila, see Sixth Annual Report of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands, July 1, 1941, to June 30, 1942 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1943), p. 217.