340.1115a/58: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Bullitt)
1058. Your 2164, September 25. From your telegram it appears that the representatives of the United States Lines in France have sold tickets to some 100 Latin Americans contrary to the instructions issued to them that on these special vessels only American citizens can and should be carried.
In view of your statement that the number of Americans who have taken passage will not fill the complement of the vessel and in view of this obligation incurred by the United States Lines through the sold tickets to some 100 Latin Americans contrary to the instructions to permit on this particular voyage of the Shawnee that such tickets be honored to the extent that space may be available not desired or availed of by American citizens.
[Page 613]This action with respect to the Shawnee is being authorized only because of the considerations advanced and will not be considered as a precedent and will not apply to the other four vessels under this arrangement.
You are requested to inform the United States Lines representatives in France of the foregoing. This same information is being transmitted to the United States Lines here through the Maritime Commission.