File No. 763.72112/2581
The Commercial Adviser of the British Embassy (Crawford) to the Foreign Trade Adviser of the Department of State (Holder)
[Received May 17.]
My Dear Doctor Holder: With reference to your representations in regard to the decision of the British Government which was communicated to you in my letter of April 18, I am now to inform you that we are advised that the decision does not mean that the goods must necessarily be loaded on a vessel leaving on or before May 15, June 1 or two months from the date of the issuance of the permit, as the case may be, but that the permit for shipment which is issued by the British consular authorities when the goods have arrived at the neutral port must be issued on or before the date of the expiration of the permit.
I may add that we are informed that the difficulty of getting goods out of Germany is due to the German export prohibitions for which the British authorities can not be expected to be responsible.
Yours very truly,