862.4016/67a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Germany (Sackett)

28. Press reports indicating widespread mistreatment of Jews in Germany, are causing deep concern and even alarm to a large section of our population. This is showing itself not only in press comment, but in a series of meetings and conferences, the most important of which is to be a mass meeting scheduled in New York for March 27. A delegation of important Jewish leaders called at the Department this afternoon.

Telegrams thus far received from the Embassy would not appear to bear out the gravity of the situation reported above. It is important, however, for us to have an exact picture of what is taking place. Please therefore telegraph us the facts as you see them, after consulting the principal Consulates, by telephone if necessary, with a view to ascertaining the situation throughout different parts of the country.

Hull