852.2221/970: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Seville (Bay)
41. Your 39, June 27, noon. Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade have requested that a representative of the Department informally inquire into the possibility of obtaining the repatriation or exchange of some or all of the American prisoners. Expenses to be borne by that organization. You are therefore directed to proceed to Burgos at the earliest practicable moment and endeavor informally to ascertain the reaction of the authorities there to this proposal. Report results by telegraph. Transportation and per diem authorized subject to travel regulation.