740.0011 European War 1939/3751: Telegram
The Ambassador in Spain (Weddell) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11 a.m.]
186. My No. 182, June 12, 5 p.m. All of the local press today carry the following:
“The following decree will appear today in the Boletín Oficial:
Article 1. The following agreement of the Council of Ministers is made public: The hostilities having extended to the Mediterranean by the entrance of Italy into war against France and England the Government has decided upon the non-belligerency of Spain in the conflict.
Done in the Pardo the 12th of June, 1940. Signed Francisco Franco and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Juan Beigbeder Atienza.”