300.115(39)/92: Telegram
The Chargé in Germany (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 10—12:10 a.m.]
2020. Before carrying out the instructions in Department’s 846, November 9, 5 p.m., it would be helpful to have a decision on the recommendation contained in the last paragraph of my No. 1914, November 2, 10 a.m. and in my 1998, November 9, 2 p.m., which was that the Department should ask the American importers to submit to it documentary evidence of the American consumption of the detained cargoes of woodpulp to be cabled to the Consul General at Hamburg.
In this connection the Finnish Legation here states that it was assured by the Prize Commissioner as late as November 4 that he would promptly clear vessels on the presentation of documents similar to that furnished by the American Legation in Riga in the Andrejs Kalnins case. The Finnish Legation also states that it was orally informed yesterday at the Foreign Office that the German Government would not adopt the suggested procedure of having German Consuls in the United States examine and report telegraphically evidence of the American destination of the detained cargoes. The Prize Commissioner had previously informed the Finnish Legation that while he personally favored German consular reports in such cases he understood that the Foreign Office objected to the procedure.