Chilean Diplomacy Facing the Spanish War. An updated approach.
Abstract
This article aims to update and renwe the state of the question regarding the behaviors of Chilean diplomacy during the Spanish Civil War. The article highlights the emergence of a bibliography that offers a new perspective on the humanitarian work of Chilean diplomats accredited in Madrid, primarily Aurelio Núñez Morgado and Carlos Mola Lynch, but also others. It argues, in light of newly consulted documentation from Franco's intelligence services, that these diplomatic agents collaborated with supporters of the 1936 coup in various ways, such as clandestinely removing prominent right-wing members from territory controlled by the Republic and allowing the Chilean diplomatic legation to serve as a refuge for spies and espionage. In this regard, the historiographical debate on the subject has been compiled, along with official diplomatic information deposited in the General Historical Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, the memoirs of the Chilean diplomats, and news collected in the press.
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