File No. 763.72111M72/8

The Ambassador in Spain ( Willard ) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram—Extract]

481. Referring to the Department’s 376, March 31, 5 p.m. German Minister for Foreign Affairs informed Spanish Ambassador that he did not know number of Americans on Moewe but would inquire. As to their liberation, Ambassador refers to memorandum of German Foreign Office, substance of which he telegraphed Spanish Legation, The Hague, for transmission to the Department.

[Here follows substance of memorandum, text of which is printed infra as enclosure to despatch No. 879 of the Chargé in the Netherlands, received May 15.]

Willard