File No. 763.72112/2580
The Commercial Adviser of the British Embassy (Crawford) to the Foreign Trade Adviser of the Department of State (Holder)
[Received April 19.]
My Dear Doctor Holder: I am to advise you that the Foreign Office has fixed May 15 as the date on which all permits authorised last year automatically lapse.
In the case of permits authorised since this year and still unutilized, it has been decided that they shall lapse on June 1 next, or two months from date of authorisation, whichever is the longest period, unless otherwise provided. The date of the authorisation will in all cases be that upon which the British Consul General at Rotterdam, or the British Consul at the other neutral port concerned, received the notification that a permit has been granted.
I am to add that the British Consul General at Rotterdam and the other consuls concerned have been instructed to notify all forwarding agents.
Yours very truly,