File No. 763.72111Sp1/33
The Ambassador in Spain ( Willard ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Madrid
,
October 27, 1917, 10 a.m.
[Received 9.50 p.m.]
[Received 9.50 p.m.]
852. French Ambassador acting under instructions from his Government has asked Spanish Government to intern crews of all German merchant ships now in Spanish ports, as he stated that they are centers of German espionage and intrigue and used in furnishing supplies to submarines.
Willard