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just returned from Spain. J
and I am sending you a v. interesting
document of the beginning of the
rising - which shows clearly what
was happening in Spain at the
time - yet even now people like
Euan Wallace are staunch
supporters of what they are pleased
to call the Spanish Government and
others equally responsible say it does not
matter which side wins - the episode
of the crew of the British ship who
refused to sail to Cartagena is only
another case in point - I hope you
can read this - the men were exonerated by the
Court at Malta for refusing to obey their