711.53/49: Telegram
The Minister in Portugal (Norweb) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3 p.m.]
1763. According to a cable received by the Military Attaché this morning, the Combined Chiefs of Staff decision regarding Portuguese participation in Far Eastern matters is to be postponed and no action contemplated for some time.63a
If such prove to be the case, we would, of course, be deprived of the most effective instrument within our grasp as pointed out in our [Page 33] 1749, June 7, 6 p.m. We are now left only with the supply purchase agreement, a speedy and favorable conclusion of which becomes more important than ever.
- Presumably refers to the disposition of the Department of State and the British Foreign Office to defer introducing the CCS decision into the negotiations in progress with the Government of Portugal.↩