Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1943, Europe, Volume II

740.0011 European War 1939/28440: Telegram

The Chargé in Spain (Beaulac) to the Secretary of State

Madrid, March 11, 1943—5 p.m.
[Received 5:22 p.m.]

585. Foreign Office assures me Franco¹⁰ has told Germans not only that he will resist aggression from any side but that Spain will not even discuss possible military concessions to the Axis.

Repeated to Algiers for Murphy¹¹ and Lisbon.

Beaulac

10. Gen. Francisco Franco, Spanish Chief of State.
11. Robert D. Murphy, Chief Civil Affairs Officer at Algiers; U.S. Political Adviser, staff of the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater; Personal Representative of President Roosevelt in North Africa, with the rank of Minister.