File No. 652.119/391a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain (Willard)
[Telegram]
Washington,
December 31, 1917, 7 p.m.
811. War Trade Board states it will issue licenses for 8,000 tons petroleum to be sent to Spain by Spanish vessels. Matter of Barendrecht is still subject of negotiation; probably she will not be allowed to go to Spain. The Aragon and Andalusia probably will be the boats which will carry this oil. You may use this at your discretion in continuing your negotiations.
Lansing