Office of the Historian

840.48 Refugees/713: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell)

Washington, September 3, 1938—1 p.m.

131. Department’s circular of March 23, 1 p.m. The Director of the Intergovernmental Committee on Political Refugees cables as follows:

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[Here follows the first two paragraphs of telegram No. 856, September 2, 4 p.m., from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom, printed on page 784.]

The Argentine representative at Evian was of great assistance to Mr. Taylor and we sincerely appreciate the cooperation of the Argentine Government there and at London. Please call upon the Foreign Minister and express the hope that it will be possible to arrange for the admission of the 600 refugees to whom visas have been issued by the Argentine Consul at Berlin. Their exclusion due to new immigration restrictions at this time would create a most unfortunate impression in this hemisphere and in Europe.

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