Office of the Historian

852.00/7283: Telegram

The Consul at Seville (Bay) to the Secretary of State

Seville, February 1, 1938—10 a.m.
[Received 10:25 a.m.]

4. Referring to my telegram of January 31, 11 a.m.,14 the press announces this morning that General Franco signed a decree January 31 by which Nationalist Government is constituted as follows:

Presidency, General Franco; Vice Presidency and Foreign Affairs, General Francisco Gomez Jordana; Justice, Tomas Dominguez Arevalo; National Defense, General Fidel Davila y Arrondo; Public Order, General Severiano Martinez Anido; Interior, Ramon Serrano Suner; Treasury, Andres Amado; Industry and Commerce, Juan Antonio Suances; Air [Agriculture], Raimundo Fernandez Cuesta y Melero; Education, Sainz Rodriguez; Public Works, Alfonso Pena y Boeuf; Syndicates, Gonzales Bueno.

First session of Government and swearing in will take place Wednesday February 2. Ambassador informed.

Bay
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