862.00/845: Telegram
The Commissioner at Berlin ( Dresel ) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received March 20—12:30 p.m.]
201. German Government has urgently taken up through its Paris representative the question of allowing additional German troops to be despatched to the Ruhr district to maintain order. The British military and diplomatic representatives here have strongly supported this application. The French attitude here is evasive and Pacuraet, head of French Military Mission, has recommended that request be only granted in case German troops are withdrawn from Frankfort.
In my opinion the request is reasonable and should it be considered desirable that the United States commit itself on the question I believe that the British view should be supported.