The question of a token withdrawal of volunteers from Spain produced a heated discussion at the meeting today of the Non-Interventlon Subcommittee, which finally adjourned after a four-hour session' without Teaching an agreement. The three main difficulties which arose were:—
Count Dino Grandi, the Italian ge-legate, insisted that all members of the -committee should unanimously agree to the British plan in the same WIN. van Maisky, the Soviet delegate intimated that prepared to grant belligerent r jet Russia was not the parties in Spain until the withdraw-of volunteers had been The Italia: delegates ments could Spain.
No agreement is understood to hive been reached regarding the numerical strength of token withdrawals, but the figure of 1,000 was suggested by the British delegate.
The Soviet representative refused to consider equal withdrawals, and suggested a ratio of five volunteers from Gen, Franco's side to one from the side of Valencia—Reuter.
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