File No. 637.119/454

The Secretary of State to the War Trade Board Representative in Cuba ( Morgan)

[Telegram]

No. 110. Your 121, June 26,1 and your 120, June 26, 5 p.m.1 Our No. 90 was sent to the Legation with the request that it be shown to you. War Trade Board have decided, for the time being and until further notice, to continue to issue bunker licenses freely to vessels of Spanish registry, but, as stated in War Trade Board No. 96,1 this [Page 1739] will be limited to apply only to Spanish vessels clearing from Atlantic or Gulf ports of continental United States. Accordingly, there is no longer any reason why sailings of Spanish vessels from Cuban ports should be facilitated, and the War Trade Board are desirous that no bunkering facilities should be extended to Spanish vessels bound for Mexico.

As stated in our No. 90, the Department and War Trade Board feel that you should not resume the practice of refusing to countersign permits but that such permits should be refused by the Cuban Government upon the ground that all coal which is shipped from the United States to Cuba is intended only for Cuba’s own use. Please advise at once whether the foregoing plan will be carried out by the Cuban authorities, and whether this will provide a satisfactory means of dealing with Spanish vessels.

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