740.0011 European War 1939/11236: Telegram
The Consul at Casablanca (Stanton) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:15 p.m.]
204. Following official data received from Du Gardier86 May 19 showing number of effectives in German Commission in French Morocco on May 13: Inspection (in general) 75 at Casablanca; 2d section, petroleum and war industries, 65 at Casablanca; 3d section, army supervision, 20 at Fez; 4th section, air force supervision and 5th section, naval supervision combined, 25 at Fedala; 6th section, 2 representatives of the economic section of the German Commission at Wiesbaden, namely Auer (at present in Germany) and his assistant Klaube. Total 187.
For background Auer has interested himself chiefly in political, economic and propaganda work and Klaube in port work.
In addition Du Gardier’s memorandum showed only one German (Walter Mertz) outside of the commission has entered French Morocco during recent months; he entered March 20 but stayed only 2 days; that during April five Germans (Walter Haut, Peter Hans Schulze, Hans Radske, Francois Mawik and Fritz Wellen Reuther) presented passports visaed by the French delegation at Paris to the French Consulates at Tangier and Tetuán but were refused entry by [Page 349] the Residency at Rabat and that there were no further applications up to the date of his report (May 13).
A copy of Du Gardier’s data was given to Murphy.
Repeated to Tangier and Vichy.
- Chief of the Diplomatic Cabinet, French Zone of Morocco.↩