February 13, 1942
Former King Carol II of Romania is not welcome in the United States, "with or without his inamorata, Mme Elena Lupescu."
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles announced today that Carol, who is currently in Mexico with Mme Lupescu, "will not be welcomed in this country as head of a proposed free Romania movement."
The former king, who abdicated in 1940 in favor of his son, Michael, "has indicated a desire to come to this country." He wants to head a movement for the "liberation of his country" from the Axis alignment.
The American government has extended a "warm welcome" to other European royals, including the Crown Princess of Norway, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and members of the Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family, but is giving a cold shoulder to the former Romanian sovereign.
President Roosevelt will not offer a safe haven to Carol, who traveled to Cuba and then Mexico. Carol has been "knocking at America's back door since last July."
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