Spain:   Internal Situation
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BRITISH EMBASSY,
WASfiTHOTOH, B, C»
April 14th, 1990,
My Lord,
With reference to my telegram He, 145
/ of the 3rd April regarding the recognition by
the halted St a tea Government of General Franco's
regime, X have the honour to Inform Your Lordship
that the State Department have announced that
they have agreed to recognise as Spanish Charge
d'Affaires Don Juan de Cardenas, until recently
General Franco15 agent In New York*   Senior de
Cardenas was Spanish Ambassador In Washington
from Keren, 1933 till April, 1954, when he was
promoted to the Embassy In Paris (see my
laSjiili^f- despatch 2?o, 600 of the 18th May, 1934 and the
annual report for 1934 on heads of missions in
Washington)«
2, The new Charge* d' Affaires has taken
over the Spanish Embassy from the hands of the
Colombian Ambassador into whose charge the former
Spanish Ambassador, Don Fernando do Los Bios, had
entrusted it.   It is understood that Senor de Los
Rios intends to remain in this country and to
follow his former career as university professor,
3* It is reported in today's press
that/
The Right Honourable
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that Mr. Alexander W« Yte'adall,/ since 1933
United States Ambassador to the Argentine,
has been choaan to be United States Ambassador
to Spain In the place of Jfep» Claude 0# Bowers,
and that the President will shortly seek
Senate approval for hlfi nomination* Ho
suggestion is made as to who Mr* Weddell's
successor might be at Buenos Aires*- It Is
assumed that when Mr* Wed&»ll*s nomination
la officially announced* Senor de Cardenas*
appointment as Ambassador will ba announced
at the same time*
4* Meanwhile the State Department
have announced that Hr* H* Freeman. itfatthews.
First Secretary to the American Bmbaasy in
Paris* has been sent to Burgos as United States
Chares' d*Affaires,
5* X am sending a eopy of this
despatch to His Majesty's Ambassador at Buenos
Aires*
I have the honour to be* -
with the highest respect.
My Lord,
Your Lordship's moat obedient,
humble servant.