852.00/7510: Telegram
The Ambassador in Spain ( Bowers ), Then in France, to the Secretary of State
St. Jean de
Luz
, March 16, 1938—7 p.m.
[Received March 16—3:53 p.m.]
[Received March 16—3:53 p.m.]
462. Thompson, British Embassy, informs me abundant evidence of arrival of very large number of German artillery officers; that secret service and police in insurgent territory are under German and Italian control; that the present offensive was planned and is directed by staff officers from Germany and Italy. Thompson from Foreign Office and in charge of Abyssinian affairs there until assigned here.
Bowers