125.0040/82: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Italy (Wadsworth)
1354. Your 1981, 20th,8 and preceding telegrams regarding inclusion of “notables” in exchange of officials.
Department has no objection to arrangements for special train to take official Embassy staff and official staffs of certain other American Republics from Rome to Lisbon. If sufficient space is available, nonofficial American nationals may accompany official party as far as Lisbon but, other than press representatives and their dependents and American representatives of Red Cross, non-official Americans must understand that it will be their own responsibility to arrange onward transportation from Lisbon to the United States via clipper or other means such as neutral flag vessels. While it may be possible at a later date to arrange for the exchange of non-official nationals in enemy countries, no action to this end is contemplated at the present time.
Accordingly Department’s proposal for the exchange of official personnel between the Axis Powers in Europe and certain of the American Republics does not include the non-official “notables” referred to in your telegrams under reference.
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