Herbert Hoover actually said...

All letters addressed in the care of a consular office should be held at the disposal of the addressees for the period prescribed by the laws of the country in which the consular office is situated.

Context

Executive Order 5773—Amendments to the Consular Regulations

01/10/1932

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