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EXHIBIT "Cn-2 Excerpt from the book, why and How I left Defense :inistry in the of Deferse for the Spanish Republic cause.. "It is true that I have had certain incidents with the lussians. Certain Russian teclnicians proposec to me in Valexcia, that a service of lilitary Investi_ations should be created. This was the Sanish ccunternart o the NkvD. I confess that I ouposed the progect. But bccause of insistent pressure, I created the S.I.l:. I was especially concerned with choosing a chief, until France, where lo was wity his farily. In entrusting hin with the task, I gave hin these instructions:. 'You aro going to forr. the S.I.h,, carefully, with elenents of all groups of the Poplar Front. Your only charges ill be into an instrurcnt of the Communists ar.l do not perait Russian. technicians to gain control. Listcn to the advice of these technicians and folloy thcir orientatiors, -rhich can be very useful to you, but control must al.ays be in your hands and in that of the Covernnent, and of no one else.!. "I sho.ed little tact in the selection of that comrale. A Regublican nared Sayagues cane in fact to be the chief of S.I.li. Regional chiafs of the s.I.li. were des'gnated ard they proyosed to ne a certain Gustavo Dura. for the ladrid zone. It as not tF concealed fron me that the person prooscd was a Corrmnist (Duran). I lneu this, but in spite of that, he was appointed by ce. In the Gecree creating the S.I.l. of August l937 - a decree lhich I syself dre:r up, bccause I did not wish to foilo.. an article by virtue of which the apncintment of all agerts of the S.I.il. rcsts exclusive :nth the inister of lational Defense. This was a guarantee which temporarily I wish to establish.. Io one could be an agent of the S.I.l. who was not in possession of the memorandun book rhich bore duplicate the signature of the ninister. Duran having been appointed chicf of the denarcation of the arry of thc ceater, of his om accord and sithout power to do so, apnointcd the agents who were under his orders, hich to the numbcr of sore lnndreds, were Cormunists and only four or five were Socialists. I faced an intolera':le situation, wherefore al- leging, and with reason, that I lacled connanders in the ariy. I tions in the arny should return to their forner positions and thus Duran's leaving the S.I.l. I received a visit from a Russian technician, of these services, sho said to me: 'hussi! Aotr. I have come, to sheak to you about the disnissal of Duran. What happened? mrto. lothing syecial, I lacked connanters in the arry and ordered Duran to return to it.. 'RussLi: AolT. io. You discharged hin because he appointed Cornunists as a cnts in zdrid. lacl:ed authority to sake appointnents.. 'Plro. 3ecause by virtue of the decree creating the S.I.li. that pover is reserved exclusively to the :inister.'. "I read the decree and before the evidence of my statenent sy visitor alle:ed: 'RussiA: Agc:T. Duran could nake terporary appointnents. 'rTo. Heither actual nor teuporary. Here in Spain, moreover, the terporary is convorted into the definitive.