340.1115A/713: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)
1015. Your 1399, May 27, 8 p.m. $20,000 hereby allotted for advances as loans against promissory notes in accordance with existing instructions for temporary subsistence and transportation expenses of bona fide American citizens without necessary funds desiring repatriation on S. S. President Roosevelt. You may reallot sums from this allotment as may be necessary to offices under your jurisdiction and to Dublin for Dublin and Cork with delegation of authority for them to advance loans in cases of citizens applying to them. Telegraph for each case names and addresses of relatives, friends and employers in United States together with amount of funds advanced so that Department may communicate with them and endeavor to obtain prompt reimbursement. It is expected that every care will be exercised to keep monies advanced from this allotment to lowest possible minimum, with thorough investigation made in each case to determine funds which applicant may possess or be able quickly to obtain. Those who can pay a part of their transportation will of course be required to do so. Balance remaining from allotment should be returned to Department by telegram after departure of ship.
Render separate accounts, draw separate drafts and charge authorization number 37, 1940.
Regarding lower rates for cots in the hold, this is a matter for the steamship officials and not one over which the Department has control.