740.0011 European War 1939/2892: Telegram
The Chargé in Germany (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 13—11:22 a.m.]
1322. As far as the Embassy is aware none of the Berlin papers have as yet carried any mention of the exchange of messages between President Roosevelt and the King of the Belgians. The DNB ticker service, however, issued yesterday evening under a Brussels dateline the following report reading as follows in translation:
“King Leopold addressed a message to President Roosevelt, in which he requested Roosevelt to support Belgium with his full authority. In his reply President Roosevelt expressed the hope that German policy would be wrecked.”