340.1115A/1053: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Capetown (Denby)
Your July 2, 11 a.m.,22 and Department’s July 3, 6 p.m. As you were informed in Department’s telegram of June 13, 7 p.m.,22 authorization for vessels of the American President Lines to embark passengers at Capetown will be considered for each individual vessel on the basis of existing conditions. With respect to future sailings, it is suggested that you keep in close touch with the President Lines agents in Capetown and that the line make application to the Maritime Commission in advance of each sailing if the demands of American citizens for passage make this action necessary.
With respect to future sailings of the line, the Department has authorized the American Consul at Bombay to issue emergency consular certificates to the President Garfield and President Monroe to accommodate American citizens who have proceeded to Bombay from the Near East, and it may be that no space will be available on these vessels when they reach Capetown.