853B.20/51: Telegram

The Consul at Ponta Delgada, Azores (Dawson) to the Secretary of State

119 Referring to the Department’s telegram No. 15, April 7, 11 p.m., General Passos e Sousa, believed to be former Minister of War, arrived yesterday from Lisbon on the destroyer Vouga, reportedly for the purpose of investigating the conduct of the military commander.

A military censorship of all mail, incoming, outgoing and local was established yesterday morning.

Dawson