852.00/7002: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
Paris, November 30, 1937—7
p.m.
[Received November 30—3:25 p.m.]
[Received November 30—3:25 p.m.]
1679. In connection with the radio broadcast by the Franco government yesterday announcing a blockade of the Spanish coasts, we understand from the Ministry of Marine that the French Consul General at San Sebastian notified the French Government that he had been advised by the Franco government that there no longer existed any free access to Valencia and Barcelona, and that it was no longer safe for ships to pass along the east Spanish coast, even within the 3–mile limit.
Bullitt