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No.W.18220/37/41 COPY
FOREIGN OFFICE. S.W.1
30th September, 1937.
Immediate
Madam,
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Eden to refer to your letter of the 14th September, regarding your Committee's proposal to send a delegation to Spanish insurgent territory for the purpose of arranging for the return of certain of the Basque children now in this country, and to inform you that His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Hendaye submitted your Committee's proposals to the insurgent authorities on the 16th September and enquired whether any objection would be raised to the delegation's proposed visit to Bilbao.
2. On the 25th September, His Majesty's Ambassador at Hendaye, who had in the meantime returned to his post, reported that he had pressed for an early reply to Mr. Thompson's enquiry on this subject and that he had been informed that this was in preparation, although no hope was held out that the insurgent authorities would agree to allow any of the Committee's representatives to come to Spain. As regards the alternative proposal submitted by the Duchess of Atholl on the 21st September, that the delegation should begin by visiting Salamanca, I am to state that this was communicated to His Majesty's Ambassador on the 22nd September with the request that he should pass it on to the insurgent authorities if he considered that it was likely to prove more acceptable to them. On the 23rd September Sir Henry Chilton replied that it would, in his opinion, be a tactical mistake to complicate the issue by
submitting /
The Organising Secretary,
National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief,
53, Marsham Street,
S.W.1.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Archive collection | Archives of the Trades Union Congress |
| Archive folder | Basque Children's Committee: Minutes and Documents 1937-1939 |
| Document reference | 292/946/39/61 |
| Document title | Letter (copy) |
| Issuing organisation | Great Britain. Foreign Office |
| Author | Gladwyn, Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, Baron, 1900-1996 |
| Recipient individual | Arne, Betty L. |
| Recipient organisation | National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief |
| Document date | 30 September 1937 |
| Copyright status | Crown copyright. |
| Image number | 039-0061-001 |
| Date | 1937-09-30 |
Description
| Archive collection | Archives of the Trades Union Congress |
| Archive folder | Basque Children's Committee: Minutes and Documents 1937-1939 |
| Document reference | 292/946/39/61(i) |
| Document title | Letter (copy) |
| Issuing organisation | Great Britain. Foreign Office |
| Author | Gladwyn, Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, Baron, 1900-1996 |
| Recipient individual | Arne, Betty L. |
| Recipient organisation | National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief |
| Document date | 30 September 1937 |
| Data protection | In order to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998, some names within this file have been redacted. While we have made every effort to comply with the Act, there may be other named individuals within this file who are still living. We will remove any names immediately we are made aware that this is the case or if any offence is caused to living relatives. |
| Copyright status | Crown copyright. |
| File size | 371kb |
| Transcript | No.W.18220/37/41 COPY FOREIGN OFFICE. S.W.1 30th September, 1937. Immediate Madam, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Eden to refer to your letter of the 14th September, regarding your Committee's proposal to send a delegation to Spanish insurgent territory for the purpose of arranging for the return of certain of the Basque children now in this country, and to inform you that His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Hendaye submitted your Committee's proposals to the insurgent authorities on the 16th September and enquired whether any objection would be raised to the delegation's proposed visit to Bilbao. 2. On the 25th September, His Majesty's Ambassador at Hendaye, who had in the meantime returned to his post, reported that he had pressed for an early reply to Mr. Thompson's enquiry on this subject and that he had been informed that this was in preparation, although no hope was held out that the insurgent authorities would agree to allow any of the Committee's representatives to come to Spain. As regards the alternative proposal submitted by the Duchess of Atholl on the 21st September, that the delegation should begin by visiting Salamanca, I am to state that this was communicated to His Majesty's Ambassador on the 22nd September with the request that he should pass it on to the insurgent authorities if he considered that it was likely to prove more acceptable to them. On the 23rd September Sir Henry Chilton replied that it would, in his opinion, be a tactical mistake to complicate the issue by submitting / The Organising Secretary, National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief, 53, Marsham Street, S.W.1. |
| Image number | 039-0061-001 |
| Date | 1937-09-30 |
