Office of the Historian

File No. 600.119/488a

The Secretary of State to the Consul at Barcelona ( Hurst)1

[Telegram]
Washington, March 30, 1918, 7 p.m.

In carrying out Department’s cables January 172 and 19, re Compañía Transatlántica and Pinillos Line, take no steps toward opposing, controlling, supervising, or preventing loading, discharging, or distribution of cargoes, and be careful to avoid violations local law. You may however take any reasonable and proper steps to satisfy yourself that the agreements between this line and the War Trade Board are fulfilled, reporting fully to the Department.

Lansing
  1. The same, on the same date, to consuls in other ports served by the steamship lines mentioned in the telegram.↩
  2. Not printed.↩