Proposal by the United States to certain American Republics that they individually appeal to Spain not to become involved in the European conflict ¹

^1. For correspondence regarding proposal by Costa Rica that the American Republics send a collective note to Spain expressing the hope that Spain would refrain from becoming involved in the European conflict, see Foreign Relations, 1940, vol. i, pp. 773 ff. See also section entitled “Concern of the United States over maintenance of neutrality by Spain,” ibid., 1941, vol. ii, pp. 880 ff.