“…It was the leading centre of British influence in Spain and of the systematic interference of London in Spanish internal politics, and was also one of the great strongholds of social Communism in Spain, the personal "fief" of the famous Indalecio Prieto, and the no less famous President Aguirre, whose names occupy an unforgettable place in the dramatic story of modern Spain, because their names are dripping with blood. …”

“…The enthusiastic reception accorded during the last few days by the inhabitants of Bilbao, Biscay and Guipúzcoa, to the Caudillo of the new Spain, one, great and free, has therefore, a special significance as an index of the new internal political situation in Spain, and as an eloquent reminder of the acceptance by the population of the new Spanish foreign policy which, as is well known, is a policy of imperial independence and economic autarchy. …”