Madrid, Mar. 27. Nationalists broke off negotiations with Madrid, Senor Juan del Rio, Secretary of the Republican National Defence Council, broadcast late last night in issuing latest news upon the parleys for this city's surrender. Earlier yesterday evening, Union Radio [station announced' that contact had been established between the Defence Council and General Francisco Franco for the immediate surrender of the Republican Air Forees, Senor Juan del Rio,. who had made that earlier broadcast, now read telegrams exchanged by the Defence Council and the Nationalist authorities.
The first communication had been addressed by the Council to Burgos and read, "Tomorrow, Monday, we will send our Air Force to you in symbolical surrender." The Council sent a second telegram today, reading, "We are able to proceed with the surrender today, during the afternoon." In reply, Burgos sent a cable reading, "It is urgent that you should give up your arms owing to the imminence of our offensive, which has already begun on certain fronts, Instruct your troops to hoist the white flag." Senor del Rio then appealed to all Spaniards in the Republican zone to keep calm and to obey orders given by the Defence Council. It was in his second broadcast that Senor del Rio made his startling announcement on the rupture of parleys by Burge:
The Nationalist reply to the con-Aitions submitted by Madrid for a Republican surrender was made public in a radio broadcast here today. The four points unacceptable to Madrid, were:—obeyed Sistrutllone te Taerana their 'OMfcers and. solders who on SBS, Uae eared Oy Bursos Poke who ook part inthe war get eel oan polit parties opposed to the Naional movement, will be held as crimes,'
The appeal emphasized the futility of any further resistance and stated, "We will hold you responsible for any more useless resistance and we shall demand a full rendering of account for the blood that will then have been spilt in vain, If you wish to avoid still greater misfortune and to save the lives of your, innocent soldiers, hoist the white flag."
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