352.115 Royal Typewriter Co./2: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Counselor of Embassy in Spain (Thurston)

306. Your 567, March 26, 7 p.m. After obtaining from Consulate, Barcelona, list of collectivized American concerns or subsidiaries, bring matter to attention Spanish Government and state that American Government, without undertaking to pass upon validity of the Catalan collectivization decrees or of acts taken in pursuance thereof, expects the prompt and full compensation of all American nationals or concerns for any losses suffered by them as the result of the collectivization of businesses or concerns in which they are interested.

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