Rome, July 13.
A communication handed to the British Foreign Office by Senor Don Pablo, Spanish Ambassador in London, alleging that the majority of the Italian troops in Spain will soon join the Spanish Foreign Legion, is described by Signor Gayda, editor of the Giornale d'Italia, as "not only untrue, but ridiculous."
The note stated that, following conversations between the Italian Government and General Franco, it was proposed to transfer to Italy "some 10,000 men, mostly incapacitated or sick, and incorporate the remainder of the Italian troops into the Spanish Foreign Legion.
The note added that tHe Italian soldiers who joined the Foreign Legion would wear Spanish uniforms, and pass as Spaniards, under assumed names,—Reuter,
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