811.20 Defense (M) Portugal/1528: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Portugal (Norweb)
1603. Your 1688, June 2, 4 p.m., and 1693, June 2, 7 p.m. Please confirm directly Salazar’s proposal to Campbell and report immediately. [Page 127] The Department assumes an interim embargo will be made immediately effective which upon completion of supply purchase negotiations will become permanent, and is encouraged in this assumption by your observations in paragraph seven of the latter cable. Department and FEA would be disposed to consider such terms sympathetically and believe negotiations should be terminated with as little delay as possible. You may communicate these views to Campbell but not to the Portuguese until the British and American Governments are in agreement.
The Department has no knowledge of any press release or of any consultation with this Government on the subject.
Sent to Lisbon, repeated to London.2
- Repeated to London as No. 4428.↩