Burgos, Feb. 5.
"I have come on a mission of information with a view to making the contacts necessary to my report to tht French Government," M. Leon Berard, French Senator, declared to a Havas t today.
M. Berard denied he would engage in discussions with tke Nationalists, and said that he would merely inform himself of the Burgos Government's intentions.
"when I've finished, I'll send a report to the Foreign Minister M. Georges Bonnet," he added. "If, after the French Government has received the information it desires, a discussion is to take place, it is possible that I shall return to Nationalist Spain. I shall probably return to France when I receive complete information, I am to meet the Foreign Minister, Gen. Jordana, at noon today, and it is possible that after the interview I'l proceed to St. Jean de Luz to telephone M. Bonnet."
M. Berard then stressed the warm welcome extended him by the Nationalist authorities, and paid a tribute to the "intelligence" of Gen. Jordana and of Senor Los Monteros, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs.—Havas.
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