740.00112A European War 1939/4979: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
Washington, January 7, 1942—10
p.m.
74. Please telegraph following instruction to American missions Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Turkey.
“Strictly confidential circular from Department.
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- Reference Department’s strictly confidential circular telegram of December 15, 1941 and your reply thereto. After careful consideration Department has decided to proceed with publication of Proclaimed List for Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Turkey as proposed. The list for these countries will probably be published in about two weeks and the list will include all cases then on British statutory list for these countries and possessions. British Embassy here is supplying Department with cases which have been or will be deleted from British list. These will be omitted from Proclaimed List.
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- For present American Embassy London through our observer on M.E.W.5 Black List committee will act as primary coordination point for our lists on European cases. You are requested to consult closely with your British colleague on all future additions to and deletions from list. He has been instructed to include your views on each case in forwarding his recommendations to London. You are also requested to forward your views and information on such cases to the Department and to send a copy of all such reports to American Embassy London. On any cases on which you disagree with your British colleague you should telegraph your views to the American Embassy at London.
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- Department desires to make future changes in our list for European cases on basis of additions to and deletions from British statutory list. It is expected that close cooperation between the respective missions and between M.E.W. and American Embassy in London will avoid many disagreements on particular cases. Any such disagreements will for present be referred by American Embassy London to Washington for decision.
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- Unless you specifically recommend otherwise on particular cases we will not require independent undertakings from firms on deletion from list but will rely on undertakings received by British. You may suggest terms for inclusion in such undertakings to your British colleague and to American Embassy at London.
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- We contemplate using British Black as distinguished from Statutory List as basis for our confidential list on European cases and you are requested also to consult with your British colleague on cases proposed for such confidential lists. When recommended by you we may include cases on our confidential list which are not on the British black list but as stated above we desire to keep the two published lists entirely harmonious.”
Please advise Department if foregoing instruction requires any change in your opinion. You may from time to time communicate directly with the interested American missions to clarify these matters.
Hull
- British Ministry of Economic Warfare.↩