Office of the Historian

852.00/3169: Telegram

The Third Secretary of Embassy in Spain (Wendelin) to the Secretary of State

Madrid, September 15, 1936—11 p.m.
[Received September 16—12:20 a.m.]

150. Department’s telegram No. 125, September 14, 6 p.m. Americans are being informed that Embassy will be closed as a place of refuge Tuesday, September 22, and that those wishing to take advantage of final opportunity to leave Spain will be evacuated from Alicante on the Quincy next Saturday. I have asked Quincy to be at Alicante Saturday morning. Destitute Americans will be evacuated in accordance with instructions Department’s telegram No. 124, September 14, 4 p.m.39

Wendelin
  1. Not printed; the Embassy was authorized to draw on $300 Red Cross fund. The amount drawn was $133.79. (352.1115/1455)↩