The Archive · 1938

Credits. Cleared

Washington, Dec. 21.

Eliminating one of the lesser points of friction between Germany and the United States, the German' Charge d'Affaires has notified' Mr. Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, that all inheritance credits due tò America on the estates of persons deceased in Germany hereatter will be transferred to beneficiaries in full.

The call paid by the German Charge d'Affaires upon Mr. Sumner Welles was the first American-German direct diplomatic contact here since Herr Hans Dieckhoff, the German Ambas-left for Berlin in November.

X, is regarded as a first German move to clarity some of the problems disturbing German-American relations

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