852.2221/631: Telegram
The Consul at Seville (Bay) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 9—1:15 p.m.]
I brought to the attention of General Queipo de Llano today the substance of the Department’s telegram of November 6, noon, and he promised to take up the matter with General Franco. He unhesitatingly expressed the opinion that the persons concerned of which he knew nothing would not be shot. He volunteered to give assurance in advance that in no case are prisoners of war being executed for the simple fact of having fought against them. Only those he said who are guilty of crimes in connection with their service are held to strict accountability.