| Content Description | Reports that he had informed Calderon Collantes that the British Government had received assurances that the Spanish Army would not occupy territory which would threaten the Straits of Gibraltar, but would regret the involvement of Spain in an unnecessary war which would impede the development of her resources; informs him Collantes had complained about the publication of diplomatic correspondence in the London Gazette and about the tone of French reporting; comments of the lack of confidence in Morocco in the assurances of Don Juan Blanco and the trust placed by the Moroccans in Drummond-Hay. |