840.48 Refugees/1430: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 16—6 p.m.]
240. From Myron Taylor.
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2. I discussed the Portuguese matter with Sir George Mounsey at the Foreign Office this afternoon. The British feel definitely that they can make no approach whatsoever to the Portuguese Government. They have no objection to another government making this approach, although they do not feel, as a result of informal inquiries, that much will come of a governmental approach in view of the fact that Portugal was omitted from the list of governments invited to participate in the Committee. It is their view that the most favorable approach would be through private channels, possibly through the intermediary of the projected corporation, with an indication that capital was behind a scheme of settlement. The British will instruct their Ambassador at Lisbon to discuss the situation with Minister Pell38 and to agree with him as to how soundings of a most informal character might be made.
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Kennedy
- Herbert Claiborne Pell, American Minister in Portugal.↩