Paris, Feb. 16.
After a two-hour interview with M.
Georges Bonnet, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and subsequently a talk with M. Jules Henry, French Ambassador to the Spanish Republican Government, Senator Leon Berard, unofficial envoy to Nationalist Spain, announced that he expects to leave for Burgos on Friday with several colleagues.
Well-informed circles say all. questions likely to come under review at Burgos were discussed and that Senator Leon Berard will work out with the Nationalist Government not only the establishment of diplomatic relations, but also a solution to outstanding political, juridical and refugee questions. It was understood that Senator Berard's mission involves de facto recognition of the Burgos Government—Reuter.
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