The Archive · 1940

US. Paris Envoy Reported Safe

Stayed in City to View German Entry; Not Held In Custody by Nazis

Washington, June 16.

The United States Ambassador at Paris, Mr. William Bullitt, has not got into contact with the State Department since 11 p.m. Paris time last Thursday, it was announced here last night.

The Ambassador has not been heard from since he called the State Department on Thursday, June 13, to report that German troops had entered Paris. Reports that Mr. Bullitt had been captured and held prisoner by the invading German forces were denied in Berlin, according to reports reaching here from the German capital last night, President Roosevelt on Friday said he did not believe reports that Mr. Bullitt had been taken into custody by the Germans—United Press.

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