The Archive · 1939

Republican President in France

Senor Manuel Azina, President of the' Spanish Republic, accompanied by the Minister of Labour, Senor Mois Reyas, crossed the Franco Spanish border into France at 7 am. today. A stream of official cars bear ing the stof! of the Presidential office and illed with luggage also crossed the border shortly afterwards.

It is believed that Senor Azana, soon as he obtains a diplomatic passport here, will leave for Paris On the other hand, it is persistently rumoured that Senor Juan Negrin, he Spanish Republican Premier, and most of the members of the Repubican Government, left Figueras by plane for Valencia Havas.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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