740.00115 European War 1939/6872: Telegram
The Minister in Switzerland (Harrison) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:37 p.m.]
3570. American interests Baden Baden group. Legation’s 3490, June 10.29 Following is translation of note June 10 received Swiss Foreign Office from German Legation which Foreign Office official informally handed officer my staff:
The American Government in its reply to the German proposals concerning the German-American exchange did not accede to the wish of the German Government to include in the exchange the members of the former Armistice Commission (kontroll inspection) in Africa. It is therefore requested that the American Government also express its position on this point of the German exchange proposals and attention is again called to the fact that the members of the former Armistice Commission in Africa: [Page 95]
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- possessed an exterritorial status acknowledged by the French Government and therefore belonged to the group of personalities of diplomatic or consular character.
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- did not engage in activities against North America or Great Britain but merely developed activities of control based on the regulations of the armistice agreement with France.
- Not printed; it reported promise of German Legation to request information from Berlin (740.00115 European War 1939/6849).↩