852.48/260
The Spanish Ambassador (De los Rios) to the Secretary of State
Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to acknowledge to Your Excellency the receipt of Your Excellency’s note no. 852.48/250 of September 29, last,51 in which you were so good as to communicate to me that the American Red Cross has informed you that the first shipment of flour consisting of twenty thousand barrels will leave New York for Le Havre on October 8, and that it will be delivered at that port to the American Friends Service Committee, which is acting as agent of the American Red Cross, for reembarkation and distribution in Spain.
It has been agreed with the American Friends Service Committee that my government will undertake all the expenses from the arrival of the flour at Le Havre.
I avail myself [etc.]
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