The Treaty between

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and

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regarding Morocco was signed on 27 November 1912 by French and

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heads of state, establishing ''

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'' a Spanish Zone of influence in northern and southern

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, both zones being ''

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'' under Spanish control,
Treaty Between France and Spain Regarding Morocco
', in: The American Journal of International Law, vol.7, no.2, Apr. 1913 while France was still regarded as the

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as it was the sole occupying power to sign the

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. The northern part was to become the zone of the

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with its capital in Tetuan, while the southern part was ruled from El Aiun as a

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between the Spanish Colony of Rio de Oro and

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Signing

The treaty was signed by the Spanish García Prieto and the French ambassador

Léon Geoffray Léon Marcel Isidore Geoffray (1852–1927) was a French diplomat and was later Ambassador to Madrid. Biography Léon Marcel Geoffray Isidore was born in Passy on 1 October 1852 to Pierre-Joseph Geoffray (1804-1886), and Juliette (called Julie) W ...

at the Santa Cruz Palace in Madrid on November 27, 1912.

References

1912 in Morocco Treaties concluded in 1912 Treaties of the French Third Republic France–Spain relations November 1912 events {{morocco-stub