852.00/2828: Telegram
The Minister in Portugal (Caldwell) to the Secretary of State
Lisbon, August 27, 1936—9
a.m.
[Received August 27—6:03 a.m.]
[Received August 27—6:03 a.m.]
34. By a decree of which advance text is published today Portugal prohibits exportation or transit of arms and munitions of war including [Page 513] airplanes and ships to Spain. Decree to be suspended in case enlistment or subscriptions of money are effected in signatory countries.
Caldwell