862t.01/201: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Commissioner at Berlin (Dresel)
1974. Your telegrams 1344 of November 26 and 1349 of November 28. The Department considers our position at Berlin somewhat different from that of Allied Governments and that therefore it is inadvisable for the United States to join in representations in the matter mentioned in your cable. However, if the British and French Ambassadors take action with the German Government, you are authorized, when a favorable opportunity occurs, to mention the subject to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, indicating the view that it is most inadvisable for a member of German Government to proceed while in occupied regions in such manner as to excite public opinion and thereby present an occasion for a French protest. Such informal representations are intended only as suggestion for your guidance if you should consider it would help the situation to best interests of all concerned.