340.1115A/614c: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Portugal (Pell)
33. Department has telegraphed Embassies London47 and Paris48 and Legation Bern49 stating that at the present time and in view of the possibility of the extension of hostilities to the Mediterranean area, it considers it advisable that all Americans desiring to return to the United States should be advised to congregate in Bordeaux, southwestern France, and that they should move as expeditiously as possible to that area where, in the event of hostilities breaking out, Department contemplates sending American ships for repatriation of citizens to the United States at their own expense.
Americans may also proceed through Spain to Lisbon for embarkation. Keep Department promptly informed of situation with respect to Americans who may thus arrive in Lisbon in order that the Department may, when deemed advisable, make proper arrangements for sending American ships there for repatriation of citizens to the United States at their own expense.