File No. 652.119/380
The Ambassador in Spain (Willard) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 30, 1.30 p.m.]
961. French Embassy is just in receipt of telegraphic information from its Government that Mauclère, Director of Service of Power and Explosives, has been appointed president French delegation Inter-Ally Bureau of Purchases in Spain and will shortly come to Madrid for the purpose of negotiating arrangement referred to in Embassy’s 960, December 29, 11 a.m. Mauclère is already in touch with Dawes representing Pershing. In order to simplify situation and to keep United States as much as possible in background, Embassy suggests that Mauclère be authorized through his Government to represent our interests in proposed negotiations.