File No. 652.119/106
The Ambassador in Spain ( Willard ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Madrid
,
October 8, 1917, 12 noon
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[Received 9.15 p.m.]
[Received 9.15 p.m.]
819. Department’s 697, October 5, 5 p.m., concerning British-Spanish agreement fuel and iron ore. British Ambassador handed me today memorandum in which appears following:
The British Government understands that unless supplies reach Spain shortly, the position of the present Government, which is friendly, may be seriously affected, owing to the urgent need of coal.
Willard