340.1115A/613: Telegram
The Ambassador in Italy (Phillips) to the Secretary of State
Rome, May
16, 1940—3 p.m.
[Received May 16—12:28 p.m.]
[Received May 16—12:28 p.m.]
361. My telegram No. 360, May 16, 1 p.m. The Consul General at Genoa has furnished Embassy the following information by telephone at noon today.
- 1.
- The Conte di Savoia sailed from Genoa for New York last night with 1061 passengers. Her normal capacity is 1846.
- 2.
- The Exeter sails tonight booked to full normal capacity. Consul General considers it to be too late to issue emergency certificate for this ship; so far as he knows there has been no demand for such emergency space.
- 3.
- The Washington scheduled to sail May 18 is booked to full normal capacity. Five hundred not 800 additional passengers can be accommodated in cots but thus far there has been no demand.
- 4.
- The next American sailing is the Excambion due in Genoa May 29. The Genoa office of the American Export Line believes that this vessel is booked full with passengers from eastern Mediterranean.
- 5.
- The Consul General states that as yet there is no congestion in Genoa with respect to the repatriation of Americans residing in Italy. The great majority of those embarking come from other countries.
- 6.
- It is of course to be expected that the demand for space on American vessels will increase as soon as the notice referred to in my No. 360 begins to take effect.
Phillips