852.48/828: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain (Weddell)
12. Refer Department’s 363, December 27, 7 p.m., and your 750, December 30, 5 p.m. After consultation with the President, and agreement having been reached with the British Government, the American Red Cross is prepared to proceed with shipment of flour and milk products to Spain, in conjunction with shipment of foods and medicines for relief of children in unoccupied France. The Red Cross is preparing to announce the foregoing arrangements very shortly. It will, therefore, be appreciated if you will ascertain and report by telegraph immediately whether the statement to be made public by the American Red Cross regarding shipments to Spain, with the slight modification indicated in our No. 363, is agreeable to the Spanish Government.55
- The press release was issued without waiting for Spanish agreement. The Spanish Government disapproved the words “under certain conditions” and the Embassy was informed that there was no objection to the Spanish Government publishing the text of the announcement as originally agreed upon. (852.48/844)↩