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DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT The United States Embassy to the Netherlands - from November 1944 to March 1947. Stanley K. Hornbeck, appointed American Ambassador to the Netherlands in succession to the Honorable Anthony J. Biddle, was sent by the Department to London in November 1944 to present himself there to the Netherlands Government which was at that time function- ing "in exile". Mr. Hornbeck was assured by several officers of the Department of State that as soon as he had presented his credentials and had time to acquaint himself with the current situation as regarded Netherlands' affairs he would, within a few weeks, be recalled to Washington for consultation, to receive up-to-date instructions, and to have opportunity to assemble and ship such equip- ment as he might wish to have with him in London and later in The Hague. Mr. Hornbeck presented his credentials to Queen Wilhelmina, in London, on December 8, 1944. 'NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE SOVERNMENT