340.1115A/614: Telegram
The Minister in Switzerland (Harrison) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 16—12:44 p.m.]
38. My 37, May 16, noon.52 Consulates now estimate 700 potential evacuees under proposed plan. In addition thereto there are others already booked on United States Lines sailings from Genoa on May [Page 94] 18 and June 1. United States Lines, Genoa, reported objecting informally to advice being given to Americans to congregate in Bordeaux area since they are still offering sailings from Genoa.
Consulates report many Americans especially those with children hesitant to proceed to Bordeaux area unless assurances are given that there will be sailings therefrom regardless of whether hostilities break out in the Mediterranean.
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