462.00R296/4713: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Portugal (Magruder)
18. Your telegram No. 28, July 25, 10 p.m. In place of the message contained in Department’s No. 14, July 3, 2 p.m., please transmit the following to the Minister for Foreign Affairs:
“I have noted with pleasure that the Portuguese Government has decided to accept the President’s proposal and to postpone for 1 year the collection of the German reparations due to Portugal. It is most encouraging to this Government to see that the Portuguese Government is following the President’s suggestion. The cooperation thus given by the Portuguese Government toward relief and the re-establishment of economic stability and prosperity of the world is gratifying to this Government.”