Correspondent Herbert L. Matthews of the New York Times stopped on a crowded, rutted road outside Figueras one day last week to inspect several truckloads of notable refugees. The last time he had seen them was outside the Prado Museum in Madrid two years ago and he was glad to see they had survived the long flight, first to Valencia, then to Barcelona, and now to France. They were paintings, masterpieces by Goya, El Greco, Velazquez, Murillo. taken from the National Museum and the homes of wealthy Madrilenos. Their value was incalculable.
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