852.2221/840: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 13—3:55 p.m.]
761. Consul at Havre reports that 16 Americans, former members of military forces of Spanish Government, have arrived at Havre seeking repatriation. Affidavits with photographs being sent and it is requested that Department verify issuance of passports and notify Consul at Havre by telegraph. Cost of reply will be paid by Sarah Katz, representative in France of Friends of Abraham Lincoln Battalion. When citizenship is verified Consul at Havre will endeavor to repatriate as many as possible as work-aways on American vessels pending endeavor to secure funds from Friends of Abraham Lincoln Battalion for their repatriation. A number of these men have expulsion orders from French police and may be returned to Spain if they do not leave France.