Office of the Historian

352.115 Eastern States Petroleum Co./79: Telegram

The Consul at Malaga (Callanan) to the Secretary of State

Malaga, February 10, 1938—noon.
[Received 2:28 p.m.]

11. Your No. 3, February 8, 7 p.m.28 Captain Lewis arrived here this morning and has resumed charge of the Nantucket Chief. Port captain in reply to my inquiry stated at 11:30 that his instructions were to hand over the ship to Captain Lewis through the intermediary of the Consulate which he will not be able to do until 4:30 p.m. today, although I requested that the matter be [expedited?].29 Ambassador not informed.

Callanan
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. By telegram of February 10, 6 p.m., the Consul at Gibraltar informed the Department that the Nantucket Chief had sailed for Gibraltar at 6 p.m. (352.115 Eastern States Petroleum Co./80).↩