21 Jun. 1940

Telegram nº 179 sent from the MNE to the Portuguese Embassy in London informing that the number of foreigners requesting entry into Portugal is growing every day and that the British Ambassador “has requested with disturbing urgency a collective visa for 2 000 English who wish to leave France for Portugal to sail for England or overseas”.

(AHD – Cipher, Collection of Telegrams received)
In documents: Aristides de Sousa Mendes
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