811.20 Defense (M) Portugal/1549: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Portugal (Norweb)
1654. The Acting Secretary of State made the following announcement to the press June 6:
“The Portuguese Government undertook on June 5 to impose a total prohibition upon the export of wolfram and to bring about an immediate cessation of wolfram production in Portugal.
The action of the Portuguese Government should prove a factor in shortening the war, inasmuch as it will deprive the enemy in Europe of important quantities of a vital war material.
The United States Government has been active in the negotiations which have led up to this satisfactory conclusion in close consultation with the British and Brazilian Governments.”