Office of the Historian

701.5211/517

Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Protocol and Conferences (Southgate)

[Washington,] October 10, 1936.

At the conclusion of his conversation with the Spanish Ambassador80 the Secretary referred to the conversation recently held between Mr. Dunn and Mr. de la Casa with reference to a speech made by Mr. Gibernau of the Spanish Embassy. The Secretary stated that [Page 539] apparently what Mr. Dunn had said had been misunderstood and that there was no intention whatsoever on the part of the Department to make any statement which could be construed as restricting the freedom of speech of members of foreign Missions on subjects of general interest concerning their own countries.

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