852.00/2520: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 11—9:55 a.m.]
393. Your 299, August 10, 7 p.m.47 The French Embassy has no information that the American Government will be invited to adhere to the proposed European pact of non-intervention in the Spanish civil war. It was stated confidentially that Von Neurath, is in?] discussing the proposed agreement for keeping war material out of Spain, had suggested to Poncet, French Ambassador at Berlin, the advisability of some form of joint naval surveillance of the Spanish coasts, but had added that this action might involve subsequent difficulties with the United States.
From a reliable source the Embassy learns that the British Ambassador in Berlin has reported to the Foreign Office that Von Neurath considers adherence of the United States to the proposed agreement essential to make it effective.
Repeated to Paris.