840.48 Refugees/4770: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain (Hayes)47
2516. Please take action as indicated in following telegram sent to Murphy48 and keep Department advised for its information of movement of refugees.
“We accept with appreciation the French Committee’s offer of the assembly center for refugees at Fedhala as set forth in the letter of November 9 of the French Commissioner of Foreign Affairs quoted in translation in your 1977 November 11, 10 p.m., taking note that the French Committee does not intend to subject the refugees to measures designed to deprive them of liberty.
We are repeating this telegram to the American Ambassador at Madrid asking him to communicate through you with Beckelman of the Lehman organization, who is now en route to North Africa, and arrange with the latter to receive the refugees after concerting with the British Ambassador in Madrid to evacuate them.
We are also repeating this to London with instructions that the proper British authorities be informed and asked to issue such instructions to the British officials concerned to cooperate as may be necessary.
We are also asking Embassy at London to repeat to you Department’s 7336 November 19 and Embassy’s 7683 November 549 regarding British personnel for assembly center.”