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340.1115A/617a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Harrison)46

Washington, May 15, 1940—10 a.m.

47. S. S. Washington, United States Lines, now at Genoa planning sail Saturday. Ship has sold many passages but has some additional space and has 800 cots. Consular certificate being issued and ship prepared to accommodate passengers aboard ship until boat sails. This information is sent you for the benefit of Americans in your district desiring repatriation and who may desire to avail themselves of the sailing of the Washington.

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  1. Sent on the same date to the Consul General at Genoa (No. 120), the Ambassador in Italy (No. 118), and the Ministers in Yugoslavia (No. 28) and Hungary (No. 97).↩