352.1153 St 2/14: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Spain (Blair)

[Paraphrase]

3. Your 1, January 5, 11 a.m. The Department is giving consideration to your suggestions regarding a further protest but prefers awaiting receipt of the January 4 pouch before definitely instructing you.

There is, however, no objection if you intimate to the Spanish Government that its course as to the oil monopoly is being observed by the United States with growing concern and that this Government will be obliged to conclude from failure to give prompt and fair [Page 835] compensation that the Government of Spain does not intend, under recognized principles of international law, to extend the customary measure of protection to American property and property rights in Spain.

Kellogg