340.1115A/960: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain (Weddell)1
101. Your 224 and 225, June 21.2 Dispatch of special ship to Lisbon being considered. Telegraph immediately your best estimate number Americans in your jurisdiction desiring return United States, paying own expenses, and include any alien spouses and unmarried minor children accompanying them. It is not contemplated ship will call elsewhere than at Lisbon for direct return to New York.
You may express to Spanish Government Department’s sincere appreciation for its courtesy in permitting entry of American refugees into Spain for evacuation.
Naval vessels now in European waters cannot be effectively used for large scale evacuation and are not, therefore, being dispatched to Bilbao or to French ports.