852.48/1473: Telegram
The Consul General at Algiers (Wiley) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 4—3:47 a.m.]
551. [From Murphy.] Your 602, March 31, 8 p.m. Following is my reply to Madrid’s 49, March 26, 8 p.m.:
“From Murphy. Your 49, March 26, 8 p.m. only decoded today. British naval staff has been informed by British Naval Attaché, Lisbon, that Vila Real impracticable for vessels of more than 14 feet draft. It is tentatively arranged to embark refugees probably at Setubal on April 17th in two ships having accommodations for approximately 1200 persons.
Repeated to Department and Lisbon.”
Foregoing is repeated to Lisbon as answer to its 34, March 27, 9 p.m. [Murphy.]