“…In reply to your letter of the 14th instant, the body to which you refer is derived from Communist sources, and consequently all their statements and appeals are designed to serve the purposes of Communist policy. …”

“…For your information I may say that the organisation in question is a Communist body and that the General Council have no relations with it whatsoever. …”

“…In the meantime, we thank you for your observations with respect to the recent libel case and the activities of Communists in Spain and other countries. Yours sincerely, General Secretary. 292/946/13/76…”

“…For your information we may say that this Organisation is a Communist body, and the General Council have no relations with it whatever. …”

“…Referring to your letter of the 26th instant in which you invite the National Council of Labour to appoint three representatives on to your Committee, this matter was fully considered by the National Council of Labour at their last meeting, when I was asked to inform you that it was unanimously decided that there could be no direct co-operation with the Committee on the lines suggested so long as members of the Communist Party were included in the personnel of the Committee. …”

“…We made enquiries of our friends of the I.F.T.U. and we were informed that the General Workers' Union of Spain is Communist. We consequently did not reply to the invitation. …”

“…To my mind it does not matter whether Spain goes Communist or Socialist, what matters is that they should be free to choose their form of Government. …”

“…We made enquiries of our friends of the I.F.T.U. and the U.G.T. and we were informed that the U.G.T. Delegation is Communist. We consequently did not reply to the invitation. …”