IGNACIO IGLESIAS costttuito un Consiglio Nazionale di Difesa che dovette combattere contro una ribelltone deUe truppe comuniste, mentre Negrtn ed t dtrigentt del P.C. fuggtvano in Francia. Costoro erano rtusctti n lasctare agli altrt la responsabtltta della sconfitta finale. Summary From the summer 1937 up to now, many writings, carefully supplied by the Communists and thetr unspeakable comrades, have constantly sought to present Dr Negrtn and the Communtst Party as the only ones wanting to hold out to the death durtng the Spantsh Civil War. It has made them known as the histortcal champtons oj the oppositíon to Franco. Thus was created a regular myth, soon accepted. by the hístorians or most of them out of polittcal fellow feeling, sluggtshness or simple cowardtce. The author has endeavoured to precisely analyse the true behaviour of Dr Negrtn and the Co:mmunists durtng the Last weelcs of the Spanish Republic and particularly durtng the pertod whtch goes from the fall of Catalonia to the final collapse of Madrid. Eve,-ybody knew that the wa.r was lost and the triumph. of General Franco's troops was impending and inevitable. The Communists as well as Negrtn knew tt. Thetr scheme was to go on publtshing, the tnstructtons of resistance whereas they were preparing the wtthdrawal of thetr staff and forsaking the others. · They came up against a chie/ obstacle: the resolute opposttion of the other anti-Franco organizations and of the Republican regulars VJho agreed on the necesstty of entering into peace negottattons with the enemy while the wtthdrawal of the greatest posstble number of mtlitants and soldters would be organized. Thts opposttion to Negrin and the Communists mainly included the Libertarían forceS' of Madrtd and Colonel Casado, chie/ of the Centre Army. The other Republícan and labour o.rganizations, as well as the most important military chiefs, jotned tt afterwa.rds. In tñew oj' this situatton, Negrtn trted a coup d'Etat : he replacecl the milltary chiefs by Commun.ist personalities. The intrigue ivas obvtous : etther the opponents acceptecl those appotntments, which' meant. leavtng the power of deciston to the Communtst Party ;. or they barred them, whtch. involvecl an insurrectíon and the responsabUtty of endtng the war uncler the worst condtttons. The second course was taken. A National Defence Commtttee was createcl. It broke clown mr attempt of ~he Communtst units to assume power whereas Negrtn and the Communist Party Leaders were fleeing to France. The latter will have su.cceeded in leavíng to others the responsabilíty of , the final collapse.
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