852.00/6884: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell)
108. Your 216, November 10, 11 a.m. In accordance with our well-established policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of another country, we have consistently refrained from intervening in any way in the unfortunate conflict in Spain. We have made this position clear on a number of occasions in reply to proposals put forward by various governments envisaging some form or other of joint action with respect to that conflict.
Specifically, with reference to the recognition of belligerency, our position is set forth in reply to the proposal of the Uruguayan Government addressed to the governments of America last August, in a note delivered to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Montevideo on September 3 and made public on the following day. The text of our reply was transmitted to the field as a press release under date of September 4, 1937.
If you have occasion again to discuss the Spanish situation with the Foreign Minister you may, if you think it advisable, describe our attitude in the sense indicated.