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- 21 -3/1612says that when the names of the first casualties arrived, the people were gladand said that "that will teach them to interfere in what does not concern them".The survivors came back disillusioned. They repent of having gone. Themajority of them come back ill or crippled. He adds that the war in Russiais worse than the Press reports.it; the Spanish war was child's play compared withit. The Falangists are more reserved and make no public criticisms like theothers but among their friends they also say that it was terrible. They wentinto action in fact just before the Russian counter-offensive began, andreceived the full brunt. They had many losses through bullets and the cold.Some of those who came back crippled have German iron crosses for which theyget a pension, our informant does not know the an unt, from the German Government.SUPPORT OIVEN BY THE FRANGIST REGIME AND THE FALANGE TO HITLER. - Ourinformant does not know in whatquantity they send reinforcements to the BlueDivision. He thinks that there is some exageration on this point on the partof the Falangist Press which tries in this way to encourage enthusiasm among theyoung men. He knows that the place they report to and train is San Sebastian,and that from there they leave for thefront. He thinks that they are stillsending people, but they are only reliefs for those who come home. He addsthat those who go to the Division Asul today, with very few exceptions, do itagainst their will. They get the majority of those who go from the barracks.He says that many workmen went to Germany on account of the lack of food andwork. He does not know how many but he thinks a fair Quantity. He says that thepeople take these things calmly generally, because they cannot do anythingagainst them. He only heard that in Irun there had been some scene with theBlue Division or with the workers who were going to Germany but he gives noactual details, saying that it is dangerous to try and know too much.In Spain the fost fervent supporters of the Naxis are - Suner, Munos Grande,Moscardo and other generals, and especially the "idealist" Falangists, or thosewho cauitted injustices or profiteered and are afraid of "the tables beingturned.Es says that the Falange is only the shadow of what it was during thewar. That at the beginning many people joined it for safety's sake, but nowit is dead thing that no one takes any notice of. The same happened with theFlechas", "Frente de la Juventud etc. The syndicates have many members,because membership is obligatory in order to get work. The workers would notjoin them if they could help it. He says that all the directors are Falangistbureaucrats who take avantage of their position to steal all they can. Hecites as an example the fact that employers are obliged to pay sometring asa contribution to the subsidy allocated to workmen with large families, out hesays that the Falangists do not pay it to anybody, but spend it themselves.For these and other similar reasons there is a lot of discontent among theemployers.Our informant says that they are still sending large quantities of foodto Germany, also iron and other materials. The people know that if there isfamife in Spain it is because the Germans and the "Black Marketeers"Aaked about the production of the metal factories in Bilbao, he says thatthey are working at pressure, but he does not know if it is war material.He knows that pig-iron is being sent to France, he imagines it is intendedfor Germany. Dron ore is also sent to France by sea.FRICTION AMONG THE RULING CLASSES. - He knows that in the army there is a surgeof feeling against the Falange, but he says that it has no outside reperoussions...The only incident known there was the case of Yague and Queipo de Llano. Ingeneral there is a great feeling against the Falange among the soldiers. Theconsequence is that they make life impossible for Falangists in the army.He says that the majority of the Basque Priests are enemies of Germany,of the Falange and of Franco. They are very indignant about the executionsof nationalist priests carried out by France. Even today there are many ofthem in prisons. He says that the priests devote voluntary masses to prayingthat Spain may not enter the war.He says that other members of the clergy, although they are opposed to theCatholic persecutions in Germany and Poland, support Franco because they baltevethat only with his help can they preserve their positions.Be adds that the richest and most influential people there do not wish tohold official posts because they feel that there will be a change in Spainand they do not wish to have the responsibility of the crims committed by others.Official posts are occupied by a series of bandite.