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- Port San Luis, Calif.,
- December 26, 1941
Deputy Collector of Customs,
- San Pedro, California.
Sir:
- Please find here enclosed a certified copy of Temporary Register No. 8-F, issued to the American steam tanker Montebello on December 5, 1941, and under which this vessel was operateing [sic] at the time of its attack and destruction.
- This office has been advised that the report of casualty will be filed at the vessels [sic] home port, Los Angeles, by the Union Oil Company of California.
Respectfully,
[Stamp E.F. JAMES]
E.F. James,
Deputy Collector in Charge,
enc.