811.91262/330: Telegram
The Chargé in Germany (Morris) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:10 p.m.]
2628. In continuation of my 2595, June 28, 10 a.m., concerning Hottelet. The formal notification mentioned therein has been received today and reads in translation as follows:
“The Foreign Office has the honor to inform the Embassy of the United States of America in reference to the note verbale, of May 17 [Page 618] current, R81954, that the Reich Minister of Labor has given permission for a member of the Embassy to visit the American national, Richard Hottelet, approximately every 3 weeks. The conversation must take place in the presence of a judge, must be carried on only in the German language and must not touch on the subject of the charges.
The Embassy of the United States of America is hereby requested to make all further arrangements in respect of the visit directly with the superior state attorney attached to the People’s Court.”
The difference in the periods to elapse between visits as mentioned in my 2595 and in the Foreign Office note was perhaps the result of a misunderstanding by telephone. Permission for the first visit will be applied for immediately.