852.48/1464: Telegram
The Ambassador in Spain (Hayes) to the Secretary of State
Madrid, March 29,
1943—11 p.m.
[Received March 30—12:44 p.m.]
[Received March 30—12:44 p.m.]
757. Department’s 577, March 13. My 679, March 22. Foreign Exchange Institute has received authorization to pay proceeds $100,000 to French. In view of extensive past obligations, high rate of continuing expenses and pending plans for large scale evacuations, however, it is urgently requested that entire amount of $500,000 be made available at earliest possible moment.
Repeated to Algiers.
Hayes