340.1115A/1674a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Lisbon (Wiley)
1032. 1. Department has forwarded following telegram to Vichy for Embassy Paris and Consulate General Marseille:
[Here follows text of telegram No. 790, December 3, 5 p.m., to the Chargé in France, printed supra.]
2. You will, accordingly, arrange for temporary lodging at Lisbon of repatriates in question and their prompt transportation Lisbon to United States. Department is obtaining funds from Red Cross for allotment to you for payment maintenance at Lisbon. You are hereby allotted $10,000 Departmental funds for payment steamship transportation expenses as loans against promissory notes you should obtain from repatriates prior to their embarkation, in accordance with existing instructions. Draw separate drafts up to that amount, charging authorization no. 99, 1941 and render separate accounts.
3. Lodging provided must be minimum commensurate with American standards of living. Lowest priced accommodations aboard American or other neutral shipping lines are to be used. Department is endeavoring to arrange with American Export Lines to have emergency accommodations at low rate on board Export steamers placed at your disposal and it understands that accommodations costing approximately $175 are available now on Portuguese and Spanish ships sailing from Portugal which you may also utilize.
4. Please forward airmail reports to Department similarly to those requested in above telegram to Paris and Marseille.
5. Department will be glad to receive and consider any suggestion from you for improvement these arrangements.