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Report to the german consulate in St. Gallen commentating on the involvement of a supposedly german company in the Moroccan- Mauretanian conflict, October 23, 1934

Date:

23.10.1934

Location:

ספרד, שוויץ

Keyword:

International Relations (before WWII), Mauretania, Morocco

Organization:

German consulate St.Gallen, Mauretanian independence movement, Moroccan goverment, Spanish harbour control Las Palma

Folder Number:

Files from department IIa) of the ministry of foreign affairs Germany ; page 11-13

Description

Letter from the German consulate in St.Gallen presenting information found on a supposedly German but in reality Swiss businessman mentioned in a newspaper article, who joined forces with the Mauretanian independence movement declaring himself the blue sheik. Furthermore, it details his naval journey to Morocco in a german vessel loaded with agrarian equipment and its detention in Las Palmas, Spain due to a suspected transport of arms.

Language: German

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