Hendaye, Mar. 29. Generalissimo Francisco Franco was reported today to have started a sweeping purge of anti-Fascist elements in Madrid.
Immediately after the occupation of Madrid, his famous: "auditorial" police, armed with the Generalissimo's dreaded "black book" containing names of wanted Republicans, entered the city and made plans for investigations.
The "black book" is reported to contain cross-indexed lists of the sands of Republicans wanted f "crimes."
The police were reported to have started a thorough search for Communists, Republican army leaders and civil.authorities accused of "criminally prolonging bloodshed."
Some of the sought Republicans were believed to be hiding in cellars and attics of houses in out of the way districts since many Republicans were unable to escape from the city because of a lack of transportation. United Press.
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