811.34553B/31: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Portugal (Nonweb)
Washington, December
1, 1943—5 p.m.
2170. Your 2858, November 25, 4 p.m. In view of Dr. Salazar’s professed preoccupation with possible effects on Spain of concessions [Page 573] to us in the Azores, you are authorized to say to the Prime Minister, should a suitable occasion present itself, that this Government considers it inconceivable that Spain should entertain any thought of imperiling the whole Spanish position by granting bases to Germany at this stage of the war.
Hull