852.00/7254: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France ( Bullitt )
40. Your 135, January 25, 2 p.m. I do not feel that the President would be interested in exploring the idea suggested by Delbos for an appeal to both sides in the Spanish conflict to accept the President’s mediation, either alone or in conjunction with the Pope. In fact, we have on two occasions been pressed by Latin-American countries to join them in a similar move, but have declined on the ground that it was inconsistent with our policy of nonintervention in European matters. All told, the possibility of mediation in a conflict between ideologies holds out little hope of success and would inevitably be regarded by public opinion in this country as injecting us into the European picture.
I have discussed this telegram with the President, who has signified his concurrence.