852.2221 Dahl, Harold/72: Telegram
The Consul at Vigo (Graves) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:34 p.m.]
Referring to my telegram of September 27, 7 p.m., the special judge in charge of the case telephoned me this morning from Salamanca that Harold Dahl was sentenced to death by court martial which sentence General Franco has commuted to life imprisonment. The special judge stated that efforts are being made to obtain Dahl’s full release and suggested that I might wish to proceed to Salamanca to discuss the case. I limited my action to expressing to the special judge appreciation for telephoning me and to informing him that I would advise my Government in the premises. I understood from the special judge that three Russian aviators tried with Dahl were sentenced to death and their sentences have not been commuted. Repeated to Ambassador Bowers at St. Jean de Luz and to Consulate at Seville.