740.00119 PW/9–2745: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Harrison)
2825. Please convey formally to Swiss Foreign Office the thanks of the United States Government for services rendered in the Far East in somewhat following terms:
“With the signing of the terms of surrender by the Japanese Government49 I wish on behalf of the United States Government to thank the Swiss Government and its representatives for the services which they have rendered in the Far East in behalf of American prisoners of war and civilian internees. The United States Government realizes that Swiss representatives in the Far East have carried on under conditions which would discourage most men and yet have been able in spite of difficulties to do a great deal to alleviate the suffering of American prisoners of war and civilian internees in Japan and areas formerly occupied by the Japanese.
[Page 405]“I wish particularly to express to the officials of the Government at Bern as well as to the Swiss Minister at Tokyo and his staff, the Swiss representatives in China, Indo-China, and Siam, this Government’s appreciation for their activities in behalf of Americans in the Far East.”
- September 2.↩