852.79662/11–1344: Telegram
The Ambassador in Spain (Hayes) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 14—10:48 p.m.]
3735. Reference my despatch 3353 November 3.87 In the course of my conversation with the Foreign Minister today, I again discussed the question of the Lufthansa service between Spain and Germany although no answer has been received to my 3638 of November 2, 8 p.m., and Lequérica said that whereas he was anxious to satisfy Allied wishes about the German airline it would have to continue to operate unless some other means were found to enable Spain to have contact at least with Switzerland. But he added as a result of my representation by [and] those of my British and French colleagues he had given within the past few days the strictest instructions that German agents were not to be brought into Spain on the German airline, that absolutely no merchandise was to be thus carried from Spain to Germany and that the amount of diplomatic mail was to be reduced to the barest minimum.
Incidentally Lequérica went on to say that the American military authorities on Franco-Swiss border had refused to allow Spanish diplomatic couriers to leave Switzerland en route through France to Spain and he requested that I bring this matter to your attention to the end that authorization be given forthwith for the movement of Spanish diplomatic couriers by car to and from Switzerland. At same time he reiterated the proposal transmitted in my 3638 November 2, 8 p.m.
Repeated to London as 961, to Paris for SHEAF as 27 and to Bern and by courier to Lisbon and Tangier.
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