390.1115A/1004a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Lourenço Marques (Preston)
66. Department is requesting that Swiss representatives on Asama Maru and Conte Verde provide you immediately on arrival certified copy of passenger lists of those vessels. You will certify these lists to the American Export Lines as correct lists of the passengers on the Asama Maru and the Conte Verde entitled to accommodation on the S. S. Gripsholm and the lists will thus be used by the Export Lines office in establishing the passenger list of the latter vessel.
It is not planned to inform you of the prepayment of passage for any non-official individuals to travel on the Gripsholm. All officials of United States Government, other American Republics and Canada should be placed on the vessel upon the basis of their official status. All non-officials, except in the case of certain of the other American Republics which will be named in a separate telegraphic instruction to you, should be accommodated on the Gripsholm upon proper identification as indicated above and upon execution of a promise to repay the government to which the passenger owes allegiance. American citizens should execute such a promise for their accompanying alien relatives and likewise nationals of the other American Republics and of Canada for their accompanying relatives. Passengers should be informed that the promissory notes will be canceled automatically upon settlement of the voyage account if prepayment of passage has been made at New York.
Promissory note should conform to model prescribed in paragraph 1 of Department’s 50, June 11, 11 p.m. to you60 with such modifications [Page 440] as may be necessary in view of differing purpose of note and nationality of passenger (paragraph 4 of Department’s 50 to you).
Tickets of all passengers will be endorsed “Payment guaranteed by (name of Government to which passenger owes allegiance) Government on Basis of Audited Costs.”
Berthing of passengers will be undertaken by Export Line officers with assistance, as far as concerns officials only, of Raymond D. Muir, State Department representative on Gripsholm.
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