811.20 Defense (M)/6283: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Spain (Beaulac)
267. Embassy’s 410, April 21.43 Our idea is that the program of procurement in Spain and supply to Spain must be a thoroughly coordinated one as between ourselves and the British authorities worked out by constant consultation here and in Madrid (and as may be necessary in London). On this another cable is being drafted immediately to you. As regards the securing of export licenses, it is believed that you and the British Embassy should on all occasions concert your efforts to secure licenses for all products bought by either country. You will rest your presentations of course primarily on what this country is doing in the way of furnishing supplies to Spain as part of the reciprocal program set forth in the basic exchange of memoranda. Accordingly it is suggested that you do everything feasible to expedite the issuance of export licenses for anything which has been purchased and which might be sent on Portuguese ships in the near future. This includes the items mentioned in your 410 but is not limited thereto.
With reference to the question you raise in the first paragraph of your 410, as to whether the wolf ram should be sent to the United [Page 288] States or the United Kingdom, we are consulting the Combined Raw Materials Board and will advise you shortly. As regards commodities other than wolfram the primary rule must be to use any opportunity to move the materials out of Spain. Wherever possible we should like our share to come to the United States either directly or via England.
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