BRITAIN AND SPAIN

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 August 1940, Page 8

BRITAIN AND SPAIN

GOVT. DISOWN PRESS ATTACK. [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] RUGBY, August. 19. The following is the text of a letter from the Spanish Foreign Minister to the British Ambassador at Madrid, disassociating the Spanish Government from the view on AngloSpanish relations, expressed in a recent article in the Falangist newspaper “Ariba.” “My dear Ambassador and friend. With reference to the subject of our recent conversation regarding an article which appeared in the periodical ‘Ariba,’ on August 3, and with reference to representations made to me by Your Excellency and Your Excellency’s Government, I am in a position to state the following points:— First: The Spanish Government neither has accused, nor does accuse, rfis Majesty’s Government of participation in, or knowledge of, the attempt made against the Campsa deposits at Alicante, which caused one victim. Further, the Spanish Government cannot —as Your Excellency will agree is logical—pronounce on facts or the authority of the said attempt, until the trial takes place. This will be held publicly, as soon as the judicial authorities complete the case.”