Office of the Historian

740.00116 EW/8–2745: Telegram

The Chargé in Portugal (Crocker) to the Secretary of State

Lisbon, August 27, 1945—5 p.m.
[Received 5:49 p.m.]

1812. Deptel 1366, August 18.33 British, French and American Missions Saturday34 presented identical notes to Foreign Office addressed to Salazar34a requesting Portuguese Government’s assistance in [Page 806] effecting repatriation of German officials and agents. Director of Political Affairs to whom notes were handed reacted along general lines of Embtel 1577, July 23 but ultimate decision depends on Dr. Salazar and we will press for formal reply. Despatch follows.35

Sent to Dept, repeated to Madrid as 193, London as 422, Paris as 288.

Crocker
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. August 25.↩
  3. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, President of Portuguese Council of Ministers, and Minister for Foreign Affairs.↩
  4. Not printed.↩