740.62115/10–1245

The Secretary of State to the Swiss Minister (Bruggmann)

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Honorable the Minister of Switzerland and has the honor to advert to the Legation’s note of August 30, 194549 regarding the desire of the Swiss Government to proceed with the repatriation of various interned German military personnel now in Switzerland.

The Department of State is advised by the War Department that the military forces in Germany are now confronted with tremendous burdens in connection with the care and placement of displaced Germans and other displaced persons. In order to enable the military authorities to absorb the German nationals in Switzerland who should be repatriated in a manner least likely to impose further difficulties, it is desirable that the Swiss Government give assurances that it will repatriate at the same time not only the German military personnel in question but also the German officials and agents who are the subject of the recall order issued by the Control Council in Germany of which the Swiss Government has been notified to the Allied missions at Bern. If such assurances are given, it is hoped that the repatriation of this personnel can be commenced in the immediate future.

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