Office of the Historian

340.1115a/129: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)42

Washington, October 5, 1939—4 p.m.

1164. The Government has decided that the repatriation problem has been solved to the point where the use of the five specially diverted ships is no longer necessary for that purpose. Two have already been released to their owners and the Iroquois, St. John and Acadia will be released upon their return to the United States. The regular passenger liners in the North Atlantic service will continue to make a turn-around as quickly as possible and will be available for the carriage of passengers to the United States from English, French and Irish ports.

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  1. The same telegram was sent on October 5 to the Ambassador in France as No. 1166, and to the Minister in Ireland as No. 33.↩