740.00115 EW/7–1745: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Bruggmann)
2478. Expected Control Council Germany will issue formal recall German officials. Dept not informed such recall yet issued. As principle of recall agreed upon by all Four Powers immediate departure German officials for Germany is urgently desired.
[Page 804]You may inform Swiss authorities that Allied Powers agreed upon recall of all German officials and that they will look to Swiss authorities for assistance in making that recall effective. You should endeavor avoid any questions regarding absence formal recall order emanating from within German territory. (Urtel 3593 July 1730)
Repeated to Hoechst.31