Office of the Historian

852.00/4227: Telegram

The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Acting Secretary of State

Paris, December 30, 1936—1 p.m.
[Received December 30—10:20 a.m.]

1305. We are told at the Foreign Office that the Russian Government has accepted the proposal of the British and French Governments to ban volunteers for Spain subject to acceptance by the other interested parties. The French Government has had no reply from the German Government or the Italian Government nor any reliable indication concerning the nature of what their replies may be.

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Bullitt