852.00/4248: Telegram
The Consul at Barcelona (Perkins) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received December 31—6 p.m.]
Within the past week, some 4,000 foreign volunteers of various nationalities have passed through Barcelona for the front. Estimate over 20,000 such have passed since October 31. These arrive by rail from France and are grouped according to nationality. There appear to be no Russian contingents.
Security for person and property throughout Barcelona is definitely worsening and, with increasing refugees from Madrid, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to preserve from occupation, furnished apartments vacated by evacuated American citizens.