Mr. Welles told reporters that the Government had at present nothing.
mind regarding "similar action gainst other countries, Including Germany has 24 Consular' estav-Ushments in the United States her possessions, the largest. being New York, which has a Consul-Gen-and' five Consuls and Vicesuls, One individual affected by the order is Captain Fritz Wiedemann. Consul at San Francisco and formerly aide-de-camp to Herr Hitler—Reuter, 152 Germans Face Deportation Washington, June 17.
The State Department yesterday revealed that 152 Germans with consulay status and 23 German-American employed clerks and translators will bbe affected by President Roosevelt's Jorder against Nazi consulates and Propaganda agencies in the United tates.
'The German library of information has 42 employees. who will be sub-ect to expulsion, 'Omeials said safe conduct will be sought for the return of the German consuls to their homes og well as for employees, despite the latters' lack of official standing.
Federal agents have been scrutints-Ing activities of Axis consular agents for months, it was revealed. "They also closely followed the activities of those accredited to the German brary of information and German (our Information gathered by the F.B.L reportedly showed that the library of {information was the chief purveyor of Nazi propaganda in the United States.
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