854.24/88: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
5800. Swiss Minister argues that the revival of pressure on Swiss firms is a breach of our undertaking under compensation agreement. He refers to your letter of December 14, 1942 (enclosure 3 to despatch 6834 of December 21)61 wherein you “confirm our verbal declaration made during the discussions that the British and American representatives in Switzerland will for the time being refrain from new approaches, such as those hitherto made, to Swiss firms in the metallurgical and watch industries.” Since the letter refers to verbal declaration, Department urgently requests your views on the extent to which we are now committed to refrain from new approaches, in view of the fact that compensation agreement is still continuing.
- Despatch No. 6834 not printed, but for texts of letters exchanged on December 14, 1942, which constituted the compensation agreement, see telegram No. 7117, December 15, 1942, from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom, Foreign Relations, 1942, vol. iii, p. 401.↩