Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1933, Volume II, “The Ambassador in Germany (Dodd) to the Acting Secretary of State, No. 309”
“I have the honor to enclose copies and translation of a note verbale dated November 13, from the Foreign Office, and of its enclosure, the decree of June 24 issued by the Prussian Ministry of the Interior suppressing the activities of the Society in Prussia and confiscating its property.”
The opening sentence of the American Embassy’s despatch forwarding the German Foreign Office’s formal answer. The despatch records that Mr Harbeck, the Society’s superintendent for Central Europe, had stated on 1 December that the Magdeburg property had been restored “but that all religious activities are forbidden”.
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Provenance and verification note for Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1933, Volume II, The Ambassador in Germany (Dodd) to the Acting Secretary of State, No. 309
Confidence note. Opened on the United States Department of State Office of the Historian site on 19 September 2026 and read in full. The sentence quoted stands on p. 414; the despatch runs pp. 414-416. It is issued over the Ambassador’s name but is signed at its foot “For the Ambassador: J. C. White”.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-de33-frus-dodd-decree