M. Bonnet announced that he had told Senor Julio Alvarez del Vayo, Republican Spanish Foreign Minister, that France would agree to take care of a large number of women, children and old people. He suggested that a special zone for these refugees shaula be created and made neutral territory.
M. Bonnet added, "We ourselves also have interests to defend and we shall not be able to admit that any foreign State should menace the in: tegrity of Spain and, through her, the security of France."
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