852.48/821: Telegram
The Ambassador in Spain (Weddell) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:27 p.m.]
734. For the Secretary and the Under Secretary. Department’s 346, December 14, 5 p.m. My concern over the situation here increases daily and I venture again to urge prompt action in the matter of emergency shipments by the Red Cross to meet urgent needs of the civilian population.
As I have endeavored to emphasize before, I consider that the personality of the President is now involved. Since the Spanish Chief of State and his Government have met our conditions, I am further of the opinion that for us to hold up our own promised humanitarian aid until Great Britain makes public announcement of its intention to grant commercial credits, et cetera, injects an entirely new element and condition into the subject.