Office of the Historian

852.6363/31: Telegram

The Ambassador in Spain (Hammond) to the Secretary of State

Madrid, June 10, 1927—5 p.m.
[Received June 10—2:18 p.m.]

54. [Paraphrase.] I am informed from reliable sources that the Spanish Government plans an oil monopoly which may in the near future be put into effect suddenly by Royal decree. Details are not available but such a procedure would be in accord with the attitude of obstruction and opposition on the part of the Government toward all foreign business interests in Spain. [End paraphrase.]

Does Department desire me to obtain confirmation or denial from Primo?1 This matter was referred to on page 5 of Embassy’s despatch number 357, May 16th.2

Hammond
  1. Lt. Gen. Don Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, Marqués de Estella, President of the Spanish Council of Ministers and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.↩
  2. Not printed.↩