123C362/518: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain (Bowers), Then in France
Washington, November 6, 1937—11
a.m.
374. Telegram from Bay reports that General Queipo de Llano, having returned from extended visit to Aragon front, indicated that he had talked with General Franco about the return of Consul Chapman to Bilbao. He said that difficulties had arisen over the attitude of other foreign consuls and that he would telegraph the Commandant at Bilbao for a report. Yesterday the General informed Bay that Chapman might return to Bilbao.
Welles