860I.001/21: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Estonia (Leonard)
Washington, July 25,
1940—8 p.m.
26. Your 102, July 24, 3 p.m. You are authorized to issue the President of Estonia and his family diplomatic visas on presentation of valid passports or appropriate affidavits.
You may, in your discretion, informally advise the Estonian authorities that you are authorized to issue these diplomatic visas and that you have been instructed by your Government to express the hope that whatever facilities may be necessary to enable the President and his family to proceed to the United States will be accorded them.
Welles