File No. 763.72112/3270a

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)

[Telegram]

4110. Department’s 4048, November 16. Due to insufficient accommodation at Copenhagen, tobacco is exposed and deteriorating. Insist upon prompt action on part of British Government for release [of] this tobacco and that still held at Rotterdam, in accordance with assurances of British Government contained in your 4661, August 5, that “British Government do not insist on such consignment in the case of American tobacco now on high seas or loaded in good faith under suspended arrangement and at present awaiting shipment.”

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