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011-0101-001 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS 9, AVENUE D'ORSAY, PARIS-VI St/H Telegrams : inter fed-paris Telephone : invalides 45-88 AFFILIATED COUNTRIES : Argentine Austria Belgium Canada Czechoslovakia Dantzig Denmark Dutch East Indies Estonia Finland France Great Britain Gree...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English |
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09 April 1937
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/7D3768D5-9631-42A6-ADAE-5199244F586D http://hdl.handle.net/10796/9D7ECF1E-A2A0-4DB5-AE96-360E27700381 |
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INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS 9, AVENUE D'ORSAY, PARIS-VI St/H Telegrams : inter fed-paris Telephone : invalides 45-88 AFFILIATED COUNTRIES : Argentine Austria Belgium Canada Czechoslovakia Dantzig Denmark Dutch East Indies Estonia Finland France Great Britain Greece Holland Hungary India Luxemburg Memel Territory Mexico Norway Palestine Poland Roumania South Africa South-West Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : President : W. M Citrine, Great Britain Vice-Presidents : H. Jacobsen, Denmark ; L. Jouhaux, France : E. Kupers, Holland; Corn. M ertens, Belgium : R Tayerle, Czechoslovakia General Secretary : W Schevenels Letter F. J. de Sol No. 429 Registered 9th April 1937. Mr Walter M. Citrine LONDON. Dear Comrade Citrine, When I was with our last convoy in Madrid, I went out to see the front at Guadalajara, and I saw the town of Brihuega which had been taken. I found there documents, military books and copies of official letters which show the high state of organisation of the Italian army in Spain. As I imagine you may be interested in seeing this evidence, I am enclosing the documents herewith, and should be glad to have them returned after perusal. In Valencia, I saw the Italian officers who had been taken prisoner, and had a long talk with a major who told me that he would not talk politics as he was only obeying the orders of his military superiors and of his government in coming to Spain. Then I talked about the battle of Guadalajara, however, in which he had been captured, and tried to find out his impressions of Franco's army, he replied: 'Whatever are you talking about Franco's army for? It is an Italian army!" - not realising for the moment that he was giving away more than he had meant to! I am also enclosing a copy of a drawing, made for me by Julius Deutsch, who as you know is a general in the Spanish Army, showing the state of the front just before I left Spain. Yours sincerely, G. Stolz, Assistant Secretary:
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