362.1121 Simpson, Lawrence/367: Telegram
The Ambassador in Germany (Dodd) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 1—10:50 a.m.]
353. My 326, November 7, 10 a.m. We have just been informed by Foreign Office that Simpson’s 3-year sentence will be interrupted as of December 20 when he will be released on 5 year probation.24 I have informed the Consul General who is seeing the Minister of Justice and arranging the details with him. The Consul General will not give any information to the press here until after he has seen the Minister of Justice. Respectfully suggest that the Department defer publicity until this action is taken and word received from Consul General.
Confidentially, the appropriate official in Foreign Office informed us several days ago that it had sent the application for pardon to Hitler with a favorable recommendation. We feel Foreign Office has been very helpful in trying to smooth out this situation.
- In a telegram of December 23, the Consul General at Berlin informed the Department that Simpson had sailed that day for the United States (362.1121 Simpson, Lawrence/384).↩