The State Department announced today the receipt of favorable replies from two European and seven American governments on Secretary Cordell Hull’s proposal for international aid to German and Austrian refugees.
The nations replying favorably are Belgium, France, Brazil, the Dominican republic, El Salvadore, Haiti, Mexico, peru and Uruguay. No replies have been received yet from the others of the 28 nations to whom Secretary Hull’s appeal was addressed.
The replies were sent to Washington by the United States diplomatic representatives After conferring with the foreign ministers of the respective nations. Ambassador William Phillips reported from Rome that he saw Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, who said he would have to take up the matter with Premier Benito Mussolini.
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