ITALIAN CONSULATES.
AMERICA REQUESTS CLOSING. A RETALIATORY MEASURE., (Rec. 11.25) WASHINGTON, Mar. 6. The State .Department announced: “For reasons of national policy it has been decided that foreign consulates in certain areas should be closed. At the present time the Italian 'Government lias been requested to close the consulates at Detroit and Newark and to withdraw the personnel.” The United States has notified Italy that the movements of Italian Consular officials throughout the United States are to bo restricted. The Italian diplomatic staff in Washingtoh is excluded from the request, but the Embassy has been asked to keep the State Department currently informed of movements outside Washington of military and naval personnel attached to the Embassy. Tho tone of Mr Cordell Hull’s Note to the Italian Government loft no doubt that tho move is in retaliation for Italian action against American consular officials in Italy.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 124, 7 March 1941, Page 5
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