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Volume #13 - 909. | |
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CHAPTER XIII WESTERN EUROPE | |
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6 SPAIN | |
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DEA/9770-A-40 |
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Secretary of State for External Affairs to Heads of Posts Abroad | |
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CIRCULAR LETTER NO. A. 93 CONFIDENTIAL |
Ottawa,
September 20, 1947 |
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Sir: There is evidence of uncertainty in our missions concerning the relations which should exist between Canadian representatives abroad and representatives of the present Government of Spain. In view of the decision taken by the United Nations at the last Assembly to remove their chief diplomatic representatives from Madrid, I would suggest that the attitude which you should take in your relations with your Spanish colleagues should be one of formal courtesy and no more. There is, of course, no reason why the ordinary forms of official diplomatic intercourse should not be observed. There is equally no reason why, in present circumstances, those relationships should be of such a friendly character that they could he exploited by the Government which your Spanish colleagues represent. I have etc. | |
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