811.20 (D) Regulations/6614
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Welles)
[Washington,] April 28, 1942.
The British Ambassador called to see me at his request this afternoon. The Ambassador informed me of the urgent interest of the British Government in expediting the sending of gasoline to Spain in accordance with the general economic arrangements previously agreed upon. I told the Ambassador that, having been advised today by the Navy and War Departments that those two departments were in favor of the shipments in question, the necessary steps would at once be taken to expedite the shipment in question.
S[umner] W[elles]