Correspondence about cases of individual refugees and prisoners [MSS.308/3/RP/1-77].
Contents include:
Challis, Stern & Co. Ltd., shipping agents: instructions to Commander Autray, SS 'Sinaia' (3-4);
Copy letter to Wal Hannington, NUWM, 12 Jun 1939, about case of two young Spanish women (12-13);
Correspondence with Grasslot Basque Adoption Fund, Jan-Jul 1939, about possible emigration of Perez family to Mexico (15-17);
Copy letter, Wilfrid Roberts to Sir Archibald Sinclair, urging government to meet costs of repatriating International Brigade members, 21 Jul 1939 (29);
National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief, Glasgow & District, 2 Aug 1939 (35);
Correspondence about Spanish stowaways at Cardiff and Welsh coal exports to Spain (36-9);
Correspondence about re-employment of D. Zubchaninov, a skilled electrical engineer who served with the International Brigade; correspondents include: GEC Ltd. Telephone Works, Coventry, Automatic Telephone & Electric Co. Ltd., IB, BB National Memorial Fund (40-5);
Ethel Mannin, secretary of SIA, 17 Aug 1939, about alleged SERE and Mexican discrimination against Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) - Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI) refugees (47);
Case of Paul Herrera, CNT leader (50-62);
China Campaign Committee, 2 Nov 1939, about assistance to Chinese group of International Brigade (64).
Lists of passengers on board the 'Galatea' [MSS.308/3/RP/78-79].
List of Catalan intellectuals in exile [MSS.308/3/RP/80].
List of Spaniards under the care of the British Committee for Refugees from Spain, Feb 1940 [MSS.308/3/RP/81].
List of refugees for whom BCRS is responsible, with UK addresses, Sep 1940 [MSS.308/3/RP/82].
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