125.199/15a: Circular telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain (Bowers), Then in France46
Washington, September 19, 1936—10
a.m.
On September 14, Consul Chapman acting on instructions from the Department closed Consulate at Bilbao and departed with American members of staff aboard the U. S. S. Kane. Last night the Department instructed Consul Graves to close Malaga Consulate and depart with American staff aboard U. S. S. Hatfield.
Hull
- Sent also to the Embassy at Madrid and all Consulates except Bilbao and Malaga; also to the Embassy at Paris with instructions to repeat to all seaport Consulates in France, and to the Legation at Lisbon with instructions to inform Consulate and Oporto.↩