841.34553B/53: Telegram
The Minister in Portugal (Norweb) to the Secretary of State
Lisbon, April
7, 1944—11 a.m.
[Received 1:49 p.m.]
[Received 1:49 p.m.]
1031. Legation’s 877 [977], April 1, 6 p.m.55 My British colleague has just informed me that he has received from Dr. Salazar a formal reply stating that the Portuguese Government “gives immediate authorization for the extension of the Lagens airdrome and the construction of new runways”.
A full translation of this reply and the enclosures thereto are going forward by airmail pouch tonight.56
Norweb