811.91262/331: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Leahy) to the Secretary of State
[Received 12:18 p.m.]
795. Paris telegram No. 82, June 28 to Berlin and my 772, June 30, 3 p.m.25 An American news correspondent in Vichy has received a letter, which he considers authentic, from Jay Allen’s usual intermediary (a person who sees Allen frequently in prison) confirming the fact that Allen was sentenced on June 23 to 4 months’ imprisonment for one effective and one attempted illegal crossing of the demarcation line with only 1 month of the 3 already served being counted off. This sentence would terminate on September 23, but the letter adds that Allen “believes this alters his situation in no way and that they passed sentence merely to justify his detention. He immediately entered an appeal.”
Repeated to Berlin.
- Neither printed.↩