Office of the Historian

852.00/4873: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham) to the Secretary of State

London, March 5, 1937—5 p.m.
[Received March 5—2:15 p.m.]

119. My 98, February 25, 5 p.m.45 Technical Subcommittee still discussing details not yet determined as to the status of observers for prohibition of volunteers (however Anglo-Portuguese agreement has been completed); also details of main London Supervising Committee including personnel, reporting and the appointment of observers in connection with the establishments of controls.

However, it is hoped a final draft agreement may be completed tonight and accepted by the full Non-intervention Committee tomorrow March 6th.46 There is, however, little hope that the establishment [Page 251] of the naval cordon may be effective before 2 or 3 weeks. Meanwhile Foreign Office regrets that (1) French are not more open in their statements regarding the Franco-Spanish-Moroccan frontier and (2) that without observers on the Franco-Spanish frontier the effectiveness of the prohibition of volunteers which was to come into force February 20 may be questioned.

Bingham
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. See British Cmd. 5399, Spain No. 1 (1937): International Committee for the Application of the Agreement Regarding Non-Intervention in Spain, Resolution Adopted by the Committee Relating to a Scheme of Observation of the Spanish Frontiers by Land and Sea, London, March 8, 1937.↩