195.6/369b: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Harrison)
120. Referring to Diplomatic Serial 3047 of March 28, 1939, the Department desires to reduce to a minimum the issuance of emergency consular certificates to American vessels. You are requested to inform consular officers that such certificates are not to be issued in the future without specific authorization from the Department in each case, as provided in the instruction referred to, and unless the consular officer concerned can recommend their issuance on the basis of necessity for the evacuation of American citizens.
Repeat to London, Paris, Brussels, The Hague, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Rome, Athens and Ankara.