852.48/1492: Telegram
The Minister in Portugal (Fish) to the Secretary of State
[Received 1:20 p.m.]
793. My 752, April 3, 6 p.m.42 I have today received a note from the Foreign Office referring to my previous communication concerning the departure of refugees from Spain and stating that the transit through Portugal of the refugees who are at present in Spain and who desire to embark in Portuguese ports is authorized. The note goes on to specify that the refugees should be divided into as many groups as there are vessels assigned to remove them, that each group [Page 289] should not exceed the capacity of the respective vessel and that entries of each group should only take place when the date of departure has been fixed. It is further specified that the refugees once on Portuguese territory may not postpone their embarkation on pretext of illness or any other motive.
Repeated to Madrid.
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