881.00/1770: Telegram

The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Tangier ( White ) to the Secretary of State

50. Referring to my telegram No. 48, November 2, 10 a.m.,18 contents of which in the French text have been communicated to me by the Spanish Legation, the following has appeared, in this morning’s paper:

[“]I, Don Antonio Yuste Segura, Colonel of Infantry, Chief of the Column of Occupation of the Zone of Tangier, order:

That publication of this order, and in accordance with the present circumstances, the Committee of Control, the Legislative Assembly and the Mixed Bureau of Information (mixed Franco-Spanish Secret Service) shall cease to function. As a result I assume charge of the Tangier Zone as Governor General and as delegate of the High Commissariat of Spain in Morocco.

Tangier, November 3, 1940. (signed) Antonio Yuste.”

Comment will follow.

White
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