CJ                                      LONDON
 
                                        Dated September 1, 1939 
 
                                        Rec'd 11:55 a.m.
 
Secretary of State, 
 
     Washington.
 
 
     TRIPLE PRIORITY.
 
     1358, September 1, 5 p.m.
 
          STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL FOR THE SECRETARY.
 
     My 1349, September 1, 1 p.m.
 
     Draft note to Germany has received final approval
 
of Prime Minister and of the French and is now being des-
 
patched to Berlin.
 
        The Foreign Office states it should be in the hands of 
 
the German Government by 7:30 at the latest. The note 
 
in addition to requesting assurances from the German Govern-
 
ment that hostile action against Poland has ceased, de-
 
mands that German military forces be withdrawn from Polish 
 
territory and that failing to receive a favorable reply 
 
His Majesty's Government will fully and immediately imple-
 
ment their obligations to Poland.
 
       A second note containing a time ultimatum is now in 
 
preparation and it was stated at the Foreign Office will be 
 
despatched later today. The actual terms of this second note
 
have not been finally settled.
 
                                                                KENNEDY
 
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