Report of second meeting between the Spanish Medical Aid Committee and officials of the Trades Union Congress and Labour Party, to discuss the proposal to send a Medical Unit to Spain, held at Transport House, on August 19th, 1936, at 3.30

              REPORT OF SECOND MEETING BETWEEN THE SPANISH MEDICAL AID COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS OF THE TRADES UNION CONGRESS AND LABOUR PARTY, TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSAL TO SEND A MEDICAL UNIT TO SPAIN,  HELD AT TRANSPORT HOUSE,  ON AUGUST 19TH, 1936, AT 3.30.
Present:
Sir Walter Citrine Trades Union Congress. 
Mr. H.V. Tewson, " " "
Mr.  J. Middleton, Labour Party. 
Rt. Hon. A. Greenwood M.P., " "
Mr. W. Gillies, " "
Dr. H.B. Morgan, Spanish Medical Aid Cttee. 
Dr. C. Brook, " " "
Mr. Sinclair-Loot [ Loutit ]. " " "
Sir Walter Citrine,  in opening the meeting, said:  "At the last meeting I undertook to find out from the international headquarters in Paris, and through them from the Spanish Government, definitely whether or not they welcomed the suggestion of sending a Medical Unit from this country.  I wrote a letter that night the effect of which was to say that it was urgently felt in this country that the sending of a Unit would be a moral gesture of the first-class importance, and I personally felt that if the Spanish Government rejected the suggestion, to which up to that point they had given no support, it would be difficult to recreate the opportunity of sending a Unit, if it was desired at some later stage.  I received a reply saying they would make immediate enquiries, which they did. They made contact with the Spanish representative in Paris, de los Rios, who got into touch with the Spanish Government.  That was the state of things up to Friday evening. That evening I had a telephone message from Miss Ellen Wilkinson, and she said that she, together with Lord Listowel, Viscount Churchill and others, had called at the Spanish Embassy in Paris, and de los Rios was ready to "put his arm round their necks".  I told her