Blasted from little Figueras, the fourth Loyalist capital since the war began, Premier Juan Negrin, most of his cabinet and a few of his military aides early in the week made a beeline for the French border 17 miles away. The French Government, anxious to get in the good graces of Rebel Generalissimo Franco, quietly let it be known that the Loyalist Government would not be allowed to carry on its activities in French territory.
Premier Negrin soon found a way out. In the half-Spanish, half-French border village of Le Perthus he established his Government in a house, No. 22 on the...
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