“My dear de Madariaga”. Correspondence Madariaga-Eden in 1936 to promote a negotiated peace in the Spanish Civil War

Abstract

Among the new studies on the Spanish civil war we can highlight the works devoted to those men involved in the third Spain, who were sought ways of peace, without expecting the outcome of the war. Salvador de Madariaga was one of the most distinguished men of the third Spain. Here we transcribe his correspondence with the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Anthony Eden. These documents, together with the entire legacy of Madariaga, are kept in the Instituto José Cornide de Estudios Coruñeses. The proposals of Madariaga, like other peace attempts prior to April 1, 1939, were unsuccessful. As we can see in these letters, British Diplomacy preferred to keep a noninterventionist approach to the war instead of the mediation as was proposed by Madariaga.