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wee EY TRANSLATION FROM THE SPANISH BASQUE PRESIDENCY 30 Sth Ave., New York, Ne Yo ¥ 2 y pave read your letter of July 6 and the reports that you en ‘of November, February, and the notes of July. I enjoyed them very much because 4n them you covered very wall not only the Colombian situation, but the conti: nental and universal problem of the danger that threatens the democracy and 9 * freedom under the heading of order, of the false Christian conception led, in {) pddition, by reactionary men who are not convinced that their world has already passed. 22 ‘that you do in this sense ‘will have a wholesome effect greater in *” extension and intensity than you can imagine. The ‘case of Colombia is only an dndex of the anti-human reactionary, crouched, waiting for his hour. To dis— cover him, wherever he may be, is necessary work and an effective contri-~ | : pution in favor of those at the head of the democracy who in spite of their” weaknesses wish to finish him once and for all. nee ns Your trip to Venezuela has been mutually effective because if you came away conforted, they also were very much satisfied with your visit. The - that exile brings us will have advantageous effects in the near - future in which without the difficulties that circumstances impose on free com mummiéation we can be united to commmicate with each other the results obtained. ‘assure you that we should feel great satisfaction and at the same tine we shal Jearn to know how difficult are the causes of liberty but how it can be won day by day when decisively the spirit has taken the definite road to triumph. I am enclosing a letter that I directed to our good friend In it you will see what is my desire and the request that I am making of \ + I recognise neither his reasons nor yours in the sense of resignation. of . you, now more than ever, have the duty of remeining at your posts, increasing y mutual confidence and enthusiasm and thinking that freedom will be won more - - easily as our aépiretions and purposes are presented in block. . I consider as” wot received your letters, and because ef your spiritual formation ‘and your wor Mo not’ have to argue with 1 about request | ‘@ndlosed aoa =n PECEINED 2rcnuisa Bla: ort 2 1961 “eB ABNO © =. v conn \ 7