340.1115A/671a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Portugal (Pell)
Washington, May
21, 1940—6 p.m.
41. Department desires to know whether new regulations governing the granting of Portuguese visas to American citizens will permit American citizens evacuated from other countries of Europe to proceed to Lisbon to embark upon an American vessel should the emergency arise.
Should Italian ports be closed to American ships which would be the case in the event that Italy entered the war the Department would wish to have American ships call at Lisbon to evacuate Americans stranded in that area.
Hull