Office of the Historian

711.94114A/8–2045: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Harrison)

Washington, August 20, 1945.

2565. Request Swiss Foreign Office to ask Swiss representatives in Jap and former Jap occupied territories to give full cooperation to Allied military authorities who have plans for evacuation of POWs and CIs.29 POWs and CIs should remain in camps in close contact with camp spokesmen until arrival of Allied forces.

Byrnes
  1. In telegram 2628, August 28, 7 p.m., to Bern, the Department stated: “Mil authorities in Pacific have plan for orderly evacuation from camps to specified ports and then to Manila where final processing will take place and repatriation will be effected immediately after the surrender terms are signed.” (711.94114A/8–2345)↩