701.6552/7: Telegram
The Third Secretary of Embassy in Spain (Wendelin) to the Secretary of State
Madrid, September 1, 1936—11
a.m.
[Received September 1—10:25 a.m.]
[Received September 1—10:25 a.m.]
X–116. Italian Embassy will leave Madrid for Alicante tonight, so informed Spanish Government last night and requests us not to make this public until their departure. Departure of German63 and Italian Embassies and arrival of Russian Ambassador are clearly for political reasons and may herald important international developments. Russian Ambassador presented letters of credence to President of Spanish Republic August 29.
Wendelin
- The German Chargé and staff left Madrid by plane for Alicante on August 30 (701.6252/16).↩