Office of the Historian

740.41D112A/1: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Ireland (Gray)

Washington, April 15, 1944—5 p.m.

72. Department’s 102, September 18, 1943.32 No action has been taken with respect to extending the Proclaimed List to Ireland following Russell’s discussions with the Minister33 because of the opinion of the Department that such extension should not be permitted to be [Page 163] coupled too directly with the request for the expulsion of the Axis missions.34 The question has now, however, been raised again by MEW. MEW believes that it may be an appropriate time to take such action since public impression of Anglo-American unity would be strengthened if the lists in Eire were joint as in most other neutral countries.35

Please cable whether you believe extension of the list in May supplement would be desirable and, if so, whether there are any names now on the Statutory List that should not be included in the Proclaimed List.

Hull.
  1. Not printed; it informed the Legation that the Department was considering the extension of the Proclaimed List to firms in Ireland and, as soon as a decision was made, word of such action would be transmitted (740.41D112A/1).↩
  2. Robert Brennan, Irish Minister in the United States.↩
  3. For documentation on Anglo-American representations to the Irish Government to take steps for the recall of German and Japanese representatives, see vol. iii, pp. 216 ff.↩
  4. This was the substance of telegram 2845, April 7, 8 p.m., from London; not printed.↩