740.00116 European War 1939/1159: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Harrison)
3222. Department refers to press and radio reports that German authorities intend to try as war criminals American aviators held as [Page 435] prisoners of war by Germany, allegedly upon a basis of a precedent established by the Soviet authorities. Request Swiss to report fully by telegraph regarding this matter. You may assure Swiss that this Government is not proceeding against German prisoners of war along lines similar to above reports but is strictly observing the provisions of the Geneva Convention by which the United States and Germany are respectively bound. Repeated to London.44
- As Department’s No. 8142.↩