851.30/166: Telegram
The Consul General in Martinique (Malige) to the Secretary of State
Fort-de-France, May 17,
1942—6 p.m.
[Received 10:24 p.m.]
[Received 10:24 p.m.]
176. From Reber. At Admiral Hoover’s request I saw Robert this afternoon to insist upon storage in San Juan of pieces removed from vessels and have replied that Robert urges reconsideration of the possibility of storage on French soil and offers any guarantee and inspection we may ask. He insists that removal of arms constitute [Page 636] surrender, is incompatible with sovereignty and exceeds armistice terms92 which only give Germans right of inspection on French soil. [Reber.]
Malige
- For text of the German-French armistice agreement of June 22, 1940, see Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918–1945, series D, vol. ix, p. 671.↩