Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Western Europe and Canada, Volume VI, Part 2

No. 883
Editorial Note

James Clement Dunn, the Ambassador to France, was appointed Ambassador to Spain by President Eisenhower on February 27. Dunn left his Paris post on March 2, returned to Washington for consultations, then departed for Madrid on April 3. He presented his credentials to Generalissimo Franco on April 9. Ambassador MacVeagh, meanwhile, had presented his letter of resignation to President Eisenhower on January 20, and relinquished charge of the Embassy on March 4. John Wesley Jones was in charge of the Embassy between March 4 and April 3. On March 12, the Secretary of State submitted to the President a draft reply of a letter accepting MacVeagh’s resignation. After making revisions, the President signed the letter on March 17. (123 MacVeagh, Lincoln)