Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 353.117R33/6.

The Secretary of State to the American Chargé d’Affaires.

No. 43.]

Department of State,
Washington , September 26, 1913.

Sir: The Department has received your despatch No. 136, of September 5, 1913, reporting that the Portuguese Foreign Office has decided the citizenship cases of Francisco do Souto Correia and Francisco and Domingos Pereira, natives of the Azores who claim American citizenship, in their favor and that they have been released from the obligations of military service.

The Department is gratified at the satisfactory result of the Legation’s efforts in behalf of these men.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:

Alvey A. Adee.