740.00112 European War 1939/11–1144: Telegram
The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Gallman) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 11—1:26 p.m.]
9835. When informed of Department’s telegram to Stockholm of November 1015 (repeated to London as Department’s 9462), Foot expressed surprise and concern that the United States Government has found it necessary to act in this matter without prior consultation with British. He pointed out that British were not, at this moment, in a position to instruct their Minister in Stockholm to join our Minister in the demand for immediate cessation of all trade. Foot had hoped that it would be possible to achieve a common policy for stopping all vital exports at a fixed date, and he had expected that [Page 662] proposals referred to in Embassy’s 9796 of November 10 would receive consideration prior to further action on our part.
Repeated to Stockholm as Embassy’s 699.
- No. 2260, supra.↩