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B.\r271c STRENG CONFIDENTIALLY ! FOR THE SERVICE CONSUMPTION ONLY ! Anyone who manufactures or produces copies of this paper or who passes on the reports to persons with close ties outside the service, must be punishable. Report of our Vertrcuensmann Lisbon, the 5./December 1940. England's activity in Portugal. The appointment of nine new British bots chiefs in Lisbon comes here overwhelmingly, although in inforned diplomatic circles var admits that the London government was not quite satisfied with the work of the previous Rotschafter Sir Walford Selby. This is already due to the time of the various Erghic Sondarmis zones, according to the Merine mission, under the Horzog of Kent, Ciie's company mangen, which did not bring in the view of London what had been promised by the allies there. Lord Lothian had a long conversation with Salazar here on the Tege before the Suine journey to Washington, whereby the British ambassador, who had just come through with the best informations, apparently touched the frogs of the "New Line" of British foreign policy. The fact that an activation of the diplcnatic English efforts is planned is based on a number of signs, and the appointment of Sir Ronald Compbell's ambassador to Lisscbon means that one of the best horses of the actual diplematic service can now be launched here. The recent purchase of a new, very large and beautiful palace by the British embassy, as the second embassy building for the attachés (Marine, Air, Army and Press) pointed to the expansion of the local area of work. The staff of civil servants has grown considerably over the last few months, and it seems as if Lissnbon will in future be over-standardising a number of functions of the External Action Service, which were previously carried out in London, such as economic policy work. Portugal also has a particularly favourable place in the transport sector of the United States, which also now has its most important European representation in Lisbon. From here, not only the threads across the Atlantic (Klipper Service now also via West Africa to South America) but also information from the Vlerikan State Representations in the Mediterranean are running together. De: both Sir Senuel Hoare and Lord Lothian politicians but are not professional diplomats and the Foreign 2