Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near East and Africa, Volume III

881.01/83: Telegram

The Ambassador in Spain (Weddell) to the Secretary of State

Madrid, November 26, 1940—noon.
[Received 3:30 p.m.]

676. The Council of Ministers is reported to have approved on November 23 a project of law establishing a new juridical regime for the Zone of Tangier “in view of its incorporation into the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco” but the text of this law is not yet available. As soon as it is obtained the Department and Tangier Legation will be informed of its content.

Repeated to Tangier.

Weddell