811.20 Defense (M) Spain/1187: Telegram
The Ambassador in Spain ( Hayes ) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 19—3:30 a.m.]
3399. Your 2454, November 17, 6 p.m. I today reminded Jordana that in a conversation with him last week I had referred in general terms to my Govt’s desire that Spain place an embargo on the export of wolfram and that he had requested a memorandum on the subject. I told him that the memorandum had been prepared and I handed it to him.90 I requested that especially prompt attention be given to it since it was a matter to which my Government attached great importance.
Jordana said that the matter was very complicated. I said the more I thought it over the less complicated it seemed to me. I said I thought he would find the memorandum very clear. Jordana said he would study it and would expect to say something about it the next time I saw him. See my 3398, November 18, 7 p.m.
Repeated to Lisbon.
- See supra.↩