852.00/2629: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain (Bowers), Then in France
Washington, August 17, 1936.
Your 66, August 17, 9 a.m. While the American Government deplores the terrible strife in Spain and devoutly wishes for peace at the earliest possible moment, our policy, as already announced, is to “scrupulously refrain from any interference whatever in the unfortunate Spanish situation”. (See telegraphic circular of August 7 last.)
In these circumstances, you should not attend this proposed meeting.
Phillips