340.1115A/3080: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Harrison)
245. American interests France. Your 55, January 5.12 The Department contemplates no special arrangements for repatriation of non-official Americans in the former unoccupied zone of France. However, should any Americans in the former unoccupied zone obtain with or without Swiss assistance exit permits for their individual travel to a neutral country en route to the United States, Department would be pleased to be informed thereof and would wish to be informed of their names.
Lists of persons applying for repatriation as well as of those refusing repatriation are of course desired because of their bearing upon question of financial assistance to such individuals.
You may inform Swiss of substance of foregoing in confidence.
- Not printed; it concerned inquiry by Swiss Legation, Vichy, with respect to repatriation of non-official Americans from former unoccupied zone in France.↩