Office of the Historian

852.00/2834: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul at Valencia (Davis)

Washington, September 2, 1936—7 p.m.

Department’s August 21, 1 [7] p.m. Austrian Chargé d’Affaires at Paris has requested that you be authorized to place your facilities [Page 694] for evacuation at disposal of the Austrian Consul at Valencia, who is a Spanish citizen, should the need arise. The Chargé states that so far as he knows the Austrian Consul has been entirely correct in his attitude and has not sided with either party in the conflict. If local conditions warrant such action in your judgment the evacuation of the Austrian Consul on an American naval vessel is approved subject to the following conditions:

(1)
that he obtain the consent of the appropriate Spanish authorities to his departure on an American vessel;
(2)
that no commercial means of transportation is available;
(3)
that the Commanding Officer of the American naval vessel has facilities and is willing to take him.

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