“…I shall be most obliged for any help you may give to save Largo Caballero from a certain death if he is handed over to Franco. …”

“…Coinciding with you return I learn that all Spaniards who were arrested in the unoccupied France after the demand of extradition by Franco are now free again except one - Francisco Largo Caballero. I am very anxious about the fate of this friend. …”

“…Coinciding with you return I learn that all Spaniards who were arrested in the unoccupied France after the demand of extradition by Franco are now free again except one - Francisco Largo Caballero. I am very anxious about the fate of this friend. …”

“…1940-11-13 013-0068-001 4, Warnborough Road Oxford. 13th November 1940 Sir Walter Citrine Dear Sir Walter, In to-day's Evening Standard, Late Special edition, page 7, column 4, I read that Largo Caballero is going to be tried by a court-martial in Madrid. …”

“…But if there is a case on which it is justified to break the diplomatic reserve and that the British Labour is morally bound to bring to bear the strongest pressure upon the British Embassy on Spain, this is, I think, one of the most signal occurrences. If Largo Caballero is let to be executed without doing the utmost from England to prevent it, I am afraid the cause of democracy will suffer tremendously in the eyes of the Spanish and South-American working class, the help of which may be still needed before the war is finished. …”

“…1940-11-13 013-0068-001 4, Warnborough Road Oxford. 13th November 1940 Sir Walter Citrine Dear Sir Walter, In to-day's Evening Standard, Late Special edition, page 7, column 4, I read that Largo Caballero is going to be tried by a court-martial in Madrid. …”

“…1940-11-18 013-0063-001 4, Warnborough Road Oxford, 18th November 1940 Sir Walter Citrine Dear Sir Walter, I thank you very much for the letter of the 16th November about your intervention on behalf of Largo Caballero and I hope that, in spite of the present relations between the two countries, something effective will be done. …”

“…1940-11-18 013-0063-001 4, Warnborough Road Oxford, 18th November 1940 Sir Walter Citrine Dear Sir Walter, I thank you very much for the letter of the 16th November about your intervention on behalf of Largo Caballero and I hope that, in spite of the present relations between the two countries, something effective will be done. …”