Consideration of the application of “unconditional surrender” terms to Germany; unofficial peace feelers from Germany 1

1. For previous correspondence on unofficial peace feeler approaches from Axis nations, see Foreign Relations, 1943, vol. i, pp. 484 ff.; also ibid., vol. iii, pp. 621708, passim.

For correspondence regarding consideration of surrender terms and controls for Germany in the European Advisory Commission, see pp. 100 ff. For information on the application of the principle of unconditional surrender to Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania, see bracketed note, pp. 3940. For other 1944 documentation on political and economic policies toward Germany, see Foreign Relations, The Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945, pp. 134 ff.


[319] The Minister in Sweden ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State

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[320] The Minister in Sweden ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State

862.01/9–1444: Telegram


[323] The Minister in Sweden ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State

740.00119 E.W./9–2344: Telegram


[325] The Minister in Sweden ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State

740.00119 E.W./10–1344: Telegram


[326] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 EW/10–1744: Telegram


[327] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )

740.0011 E.W./10–1744: Telegram


[328] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )

740.0011 EW/10–1744: Telegram


[329] The Minister in Sweden ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State

740.00119 EW 1939/11–1444: Telegram


[334] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Roosevelt

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[335] The British Embassy to the Department of State

740.00119 EW/12–1644


[336] The Chargé in Switzerland ( Huddle ) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 EW/12–2144: Telegram


[337] The British Embassy to the Department of State

740.0011 E.W./12–2844