The Archive · 1941

Old May Bo Declined

Offeial quarters in Madrid indicat~ Jed last night reaction abroad to premature disclosure that German units were preparing to offer assistance might influence the Government at the 11th hour to decline with thanks uld request withdrawal of the Uaison officer and countermand the arrival of' the Germans, Sr, Ramon Serrano Suner, Spain's foreign Minister, previously had a [cepted the offer of Herr Eberhard von [Stohrer, German Ambassador to Spain, {o furnish German technicians. to aid in reconstruction of the badly Jdamaged of Official German radio reports, heard [by the Columbia Broadcasting System in New York, said relief of Santander was being "organized" by German farmed forces placed "at the dis Press. posal" of Spanish authorities,—United

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