352.0022/60: Telegram
The Chargé in Chile (Trueblood) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:20 p.m.]
110. I was called to the Foreign Office this morning and given by Acting Chief of Diplomatic Section the following memorandum:
“Does the United States Government believe that it will be possible for it to cooperate in connection with Chile’s démarche regarding the Madrid asilados? In case of an affirmative answer, could the Washington Government make a démarche before the Madrid Government in this regard, and support the Chilean initiative through the intermediary of its missions in America?”
He said that replies were slow in coming in due to need for consulting Presidents in various countries.
A well informed official of the Foreign Office with whom I spoke yesterday emphasized the fact that the Foreign Minister considered inclusion of the United States in this consultation as an act of special deference. He added that he thought the real motive for Spain’s intransigence in the present case was lack of desire to maintain relations with the Popular Front Government here.