Office of the Historian

711.53/43: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

Washington, May 30, 1944—4 p.m.

4290. Lisbon’s 245 to London, May 25.94 As Salazar apparently has given no definite answer and as meanwhile wolfram exports presumably continue, the Department considers that concerted action might well be taken immediately toward obtaining from Salazar a temporary embargo to be maintained at least while the wolfram conversations continue. The Spanish Government found no difficulty in taking this step last January and in making its temporary embargo applicable to all wolfram stocks including production of German mines and accumulated German stocks ready for shipment.

Sent to London, repeated to Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro.95

Hull
  1. Same as telegram 1605, p. 118.↩
  2. Repeated on the same date to Lisbon as No. 1536 and to Rio de Janeiro as No. 1654.↩