740.0011 European War 1939/8501: Telegram

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

133. Department’s 16, January 8, 6 p.m., and my 98, February 9, 11 a.m. This morning discussed with the Foreign Minister the situation at Tangier recalling to him my note of November 11, 1940,7 and emphasizing the various points brought out in the Department’s telegram under acknowledgment. I also left with him an aide-mémoire in the sense indicated.

The Minister made no comment at the moment beyond saying that he would give the memorandum attention. He also promised to send me a copy of the note recently addressed to the British Embassy concerning the fortification of Tangier, et cetera, as desired in the Department’s [Page 554] 38, Jan. 25, 5 p.m. Translation of the text will be telegraphed when received.8

Weddell
  1. For text, see Department’s telegraphic instruction No. 297, November 9, 1940, 6 p.m., to the Ambassador in Spain, Foreign Relations, 1940, vol. iii, p. 789.
  2. Anglo-Spanish provisional agreement regarding Tangier was effected by an exchange of notes, dated February 21, 1941. English texts of the notes were transmitted to the Department by the Chargé at Tangier in his despatch No. 128, March 7, 1941, not printed.