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Page & of 7 pages (oonthiniva) . BER s4121/48 am cortain, the connept of civilization defined abore, Very well then, in the sudden i SPANISH change from one extreme to another the case can be explained, Pacsune it in a question of taking things in turn.. In this cass, if EUSHADI proclaimed its incependerce : what would Sr, ALAMAN sey to ust t Ido net know if I am writing clearly. I am not trying to write 5 polemic « ag you understand = T am only in thie way pointing out the wide field of action which we herve at our disposal, but cultivating the right type of man like ALAMAN, good frienda like GRENGOIRE, preparing then for the conflict which is drawing near, and succosding here an over there and everywhars, in orsating through similar friends a fevroureble environment thich will guarantee the success of our activities. An atmosphere similar to that of theyaar 1921 - which wil] return = with morel eupport from AMERICA, such aa the IRISH had in the year 1921, are of fundamental importance when considering tho future, The important thing Je thet they ehould respect us = like Sr ALAMAN and au many othars ~ later will cone kmowledge and with that aupport, Therefore, if you succeed in attaining auch an enviroment as the writer of the articles indicates, 1¢ seems to we that you woul heve gchieved an enormous succesé&. The effects pf such an ection will be tremendous. The important thing is that we are now causing @ certain amount of intercet. A few years ago Bo~ors knew that we even existed. Now we take our place in the world, small in comparison with the rest, byt with a certain universal value in our nation that attreotr attention. It ls here, abroad, that our battle is being waged, at the came tims ae we are pushing forward unfelteringly with our aims, ds I teem to detect your influence creeping in to these articles, I congratulate you and my only wieh is that you should bs the future guide of our trus friends, I believe that GRENCOTRE might be an admirable person in this respect, because he will know how to deel with « potential Christien whe 1s not necessarily a SPANIARD, Tou will have seen thet in his speech GENERAL FRaRCO, in referrin: to GRISTOBAL'S friends makes some points which coincide with my ideas. For thie reason I believ: thet ths cecupation of SPAIH-by tie ALLIES 1a not only a etrategiga i. necessfay,, but alac & necessity for the sake of order, You will underatend what I meen without need ef furthe: sxplanation. : Jimpertant consequence and firmmoss off positions I would like you tc take note of the Following = Directly FRANCO finds himself? iuvolved im the war = the monet HITLER gies orders For it = following my usual custom I will iseue a proclaretion in the nams of the BASQUE government, defining our position once and for all, In it I will give a brief hietory of the war in EUROTE, the aondemation of the STALIN-HITLER pact, JAPANESE agcreesion eto, ko-one has mors cprsietently mainteined @ more definite coé loya: plese om the ALLIES' side than wa have. We must notlose eight of the way the SPANISH domoere<e, who were divided et that tims, kept silence, stil} less of tha adverse po@ition of the COM:UNISTS, Inexplicably tied to the offeote of the STALIN-NITLER pact. Cur postition gives us suthority tos 1) Speek in cur own names (2) Cell upen CATALANS and GALICTARS on account of the similerity of our metionaliet a¢pirations 8) Call upon SPANISH LERCCRATS to agres to the joining together of our Horoces for protesting and taking action against the common enemy snd .4) By means df a proclamation hold or Erapose the + erolding.of «©. ROUND TABLE CCHFEREDCE at which a future Progreame should bs drawn up,with the most suitable and olastio proposals which it is possible to obtain uncer the cir- ourrtances, If our plans a@hould be frustrated through bad faith or an intrensigeant atlituds the way will still be open for us to take reasonable action, Does my idea acer good to you? and te 212 ef you? I sheuld like tg hewe your opinion an: cdvico. It io meet important aleo from thie time on, for us to propare all frientiy AMSPICAK authors for thet moment, so that they hold themselves in readiness to auprort our action on the lines that it is euthoritetive, and alec by raiaing the prectiogi point that SPAK. : ISE democrats are of Bo account without the BASQUES and CATALANS, Wo shovld keep every - kvonue open, because onoe again SFANIARDS will want to oppose the BASQUE «nd CATALAN question, The moment has arrived when & combination of different nationslities should take the place of the old central form of government, by means of clacussion, agreement and ote i nose that, once FRANCO is involved in the war, cur position may have o freat ine fluence on the writers of sontral or rightist tendencies, beosuse 1t wil) be seater for them to align themsslves with ve than with thowof frankly lefties: policica, This bes fecal AL {eontinued)