852.00/3999: Telegram
The Consul at Seville (Bay) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received 3:18 p.m.]
General Queipo de Llano promised to inform General Franco of the contents of the Department’s [December?] 3, 5 p.m. which I communicated to him last night. On that occasion he stated Russian merchantmen were flying flags of other countries and on one occasion flew the American flag while in Spanish waters. He stated also that a Russian submarine is known to be operating along the Spanish coast. These comments were offered apparently to convey an idea of the lawless tactics against which they are contending.