340.1115A/2193: Telegram

The Chargé in Germany (Morris) to the Secretary of State

3236. Reference Department’s 1719 [1790], June 26, 7 p.m. and my 3149, August 12, 2 p.m. In the absence of postal or telegraph communications between Germany, German-occupied territory in Russia, the Baltic States and any of the Greek Islands, this Embassy is unable to take any action whatsoever on welfare and whereabouts inquiries concerning American residents in those territories. It is suggested therefore that persons in the United States requesting such services be informed that this Embassy has no means at its disposal of making the desired investigations and that all inquiries of this nature are futile at the present time.

Morris