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The Spanish Ambassador (De los Rios) to the Secretary of State
Your Excellency: Confirming our conversation of today, I have the honor to communicate to Your Excellency that my Government [Page 756] has informed His Britannic Majesty’s Government that they are ready to consider the suspension of hostilities if guarantees are given that no reprisals will be taken. My Government has suggested that hostilities be suspended at once, pending the discussion of guarantees regarding reprisals. They have requested the Governments of France and of Great Britain to give them facilities for evacuating persons whose lives might be in danger.
These suggestions have been favorably received by the Governments I have mentioned. My Government has asked me to enlist the support of the Government of the United States so that the Governments of France and Great Britain will fulfill the humanitarian condition on which immediate peace in Spain depends.
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