852.00/2877: Telegram
The Vice Consul at Vigo (Stewart) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2 p.m.]
Rebel army claims slow progress on all fronts and that communications are restored to Navarre to east, Seville and Cadiz to southward, Castropol and Tineo in Asturias. Also state that daily trains now running from Seville to Alsasua, Navarre. Also claim three-fourths national territory and two-thirds population already dominated. Twelve Italian aviators with airplanes arrived here yesterday and forwarded to Burgos. Reliably informed two German vessels heavily loaded with “pineapples and grapes” arrived here yesterday morning. Vigo and Galicia as a whole remain tranquil although military are condemning and killing daily numbers of Madrid Government agents. Fascist militia running rampant in outlying districts and summarily executing suspected Communists.