Minutes of Joint Executive Committee Meeting
1937-12-14 038-0155-003 - 3 - also sent to the Homes, citing the fact that the Basque representative, Senor Uranga, had written to children in Homes as he had full access to the files. Mr. Garratt corrected this by stating that Senor Uranga did not write to children but to the Senoritas who are paid...
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- 3 - also sent to the Homes, citing the fact that the Basque representative, Senor Uranga, had written to children in Homes as he had full access to the files. Mr. Garratt corrected this by stating that Senor Uranga did not write to children but to the Senoritas who are paid by him and for whom he is responsible. It was agreed, however, that Senor Uranga should not use the address of the Committee when communicating with the Senoritas. 5. Captain Macnamara's Position. At this point the discussion was adjourned in order that Captain Macnamara could make a statement to the Committee. The Chairman said that Captain Macnamara wanted to report that he had received an invitation to join the Duke of Alba's Committee and had accepted it. Captain Macnamara said "The Duke of Alba wished to broaden the basis of his Committee and he, therefore, invited me to become a member of it. I felt, myself, that this was a good thing, and I consulted the Foreign Office who advised acceptance." The Chairman said she felt that there were still fundamental differences in attitude between the two committees and thought that Captain Macnamara should insist that the Alba Committee did not use his name to undermine the authority of the Basque Children's Committee. Captain Macnamara said he had already anticipated this to a certain extent by refusing to allow his name to appear on their letter headings, etc. He further said it would be idle to deny that there had been great differences in points of view but that these were now disappearing. The Chairman said it would appear from a letter she had received from the Duke of Alba that he agreed that there was anyhow one class of child which should not go back to Bilbao and he had certainly done his best to arrange for our representative to visit Bilbao, although Sir Arnold Wilson, apparently, did not feel the same. She then read a letter from Sir Arnold Wilson to a Hertfordshire newspaper, published just before she and Mr. Tewson had spoken at a meeting in Barnet. She hoped that Captain Macnamara would be able to persuade the Duke of Alba to stop Sir Arnold Wilson doing this kind of thing. Captain Macnamara assured the Committee that he had already seen the Duke regarding the attitude of Sir Arnold Wilson and went on to say that he hoped the Committee realised that he, himself, was in a very difficult position. "I am trying", he said, "to bring these two Committees together and get the job done smoothly. If you have not confidence in my remaining on this Committee, I shall withdraw from it and also from the Duke of Alba's, and wash my hands of repatriation. I shall now withdraw from the Committee so that the matter can be discussed." Captain Macnamara then withdrew, and discussion continued. It was eventually agreed to take no action meanwhile in regard to Captain Macnamara's membership of the
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