853B.20/47: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul at Ponta Delgada, Azores (Dawson)
15. Your 109 April 7 noon. The requirement that you reveal to the local authorities information taken from your official records is unwarranted and incompatible with the treatment accorded Portuguese consular officials in the United States. You are therefore not authorized to comply with the requirement. You will communicate the foregoing to the Civil Governor in writing, adding that the views of the Department are being communicated to the Portuguese Government, and will report his reaction by cable.
For your information the following instructions are being cabled to the Legation in Lisbon:
(Here quote telegram No. 355 April 7, to Lisbon).