852.00/8972: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 18—10:55 a.m.]
319. Jules Henry said to me last night that Negrin and Del Vayo were now ready to accept immediate surrender provided Franco would agree that there should not be executions by way of reprisal. Jules Henry said that the latest news from Burgos indicated that Franco would refuse this proviso and insist on immediate unconditional surrender. The French Government believed that Negrin and his supporters in Valencia and Madrid therefore would fight to the bitter end because surrender would mean firing squads.