852.00/3402: Telegram
The Consul at Seville (Bay) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:32 p.m.]
Referring to Department’s telegram of October 6, 6 p.m., I called on General Queipo de Llano this morning in pursuance of the Department’s telegram and in my presence he instructed his Chief of Staff to telegraph to General Franco with regard to Department’s request to be given ample advance notice of the proposed bombardments of Mediterranean ports. The General pointed out again that he has nothing to do with naval affairs and consequently could not inform me of the bombardments of Valencia and Barcelona which have already taken place.60 He stated he will communicate General Franco’s reply to me as soon as received.
- In telegram of October 9, 10 a.m., the Secretary of State Informed the Consul at Seville that neither Valencia nor Barcelona had as yet been bombarded.↩