American Legation Letter of August 5th, 1943

Unedited Text of the "Certificate" Above follows:

Legation of the United States of America
Lisbon, August 5, 1943

The bearer of this certificate, ROBERT G. STAMOS, an American citizen, was born on August 20, 1921, at Danville, Illinois, United States of America. His permanent residence is Salt Lake City, Utah. He is temporarily residing in Portugal pending repatriaton to the United States.

George F. Kennan,
Charge d'Affaires ad interim.

Traduccao

O portado deste certificado, ROBERT G. STAMOS, cidadao americano, nasceu em 20 Agosto de 1921, em Danville, Illinois, Estados Unidos de America. A sua residencia permanete e em Salt Lake city, Utah. Esta residindo temporariemente em Portugal emquanto aguarda repatriacuo para os Estados Unidos.

Research Comments:

1. We know that ROBERT GLENN STAMOS (GLENN) later returned to England and resumed his combat flying. He never returned to the United States.

2. I find it amusing the document says that GLENN was "temporarily residing" in Portugal. There is no mention of his "internment" or "imprisonment".

3. I have briefly checked the Portugese text (see above) using a free online tool (BabelFish). The translation appears to match the English text.

4. Ironies of Ironies. George F. Kennan, Charge d'Affairs of the American Legation in Portugal, the man who signed the document above was himself (and his staff) interned in Berlin by the Germans from December 1941 to June 1942.

5. In September of 1952, Kennan was booted out of the Soviet Union. While acting as the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Kennan compared the conditions of the ambassador's residence in Moscow to those he experienced while being interned by the Germans, apparently the Soviets didn't like the analogy.

For more on Kennan see the link here.