701.0052/20: Telegram
The Third Secretary of Embassy in Spain (Wendelin) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11 p.m.]
X–100. Reference my telegram No. [X–]89 of August 26 [25], 6 p.m. British Chargé d’Affaires has received oral apology from the Foreign Office for entrance by militia into residence of Embassy Attaché and is not pressing matter because of attendant circumstances described in my telegram above.
Chilean Ambassador saw Foreign Minister yesterday regarding protection and inviolability foreign missions and residences foreign diplomatic representatives. His report of interview created the impression in some quarters that Foreign Minister had limited his assurances regarding inviolability to missions and residences of heads of missions only. I, therefore, called upon the Under Secretary of State last evening and mentioned this question. He assured me emphatically that the Spanish Government recognized inviolability of residences of all duly accredited diplomatic representatives. I then showed a new certificate I had prepared for posting on the doors of the residences of officers and attaches of this Embassy and of Consul Johnson warning that entry into this residence was prohibited to any and all persons. And the Under Secretary approved this certificate and today we obtained the seal of the Ministry of State and of the Director General of Safety thereon. This endorsement by the Foreign Office, therefore, establishes the responsibility of the Spanish Government for any entry into these residences.
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