840.48 Refugees/4550: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:37 p.m.]
6784. In reference to the proposal for removal of some 20,000 Jewish children from Germany to Sweden (see Department’s telegram 5436, September 6, 10 p.m.) and in reference to the Department’s having given consideration to this proposal, the Directorate of the Intergovernmental Committee reports that it is receiving repeated inquiries from private organizations as to the Department’s decision in the matter. The Foreign Office also is interested. The question is raised whether the Department may now wish to consider the desirability of a definite approach to the Swedish Government regardless of any anticipated possibility of ultimate Swedish or German veto. The Department’s views are requested.