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The following is composite statement taken from correspondence explain-
ing the various functions of the three agencies, The International Coordina-
tion Committee, the Children's Commission of the International Coordination 
Committee and the Central Sanitaire:- 
“The Committee of Coordination is a general Committee set up to 
coordinate international aid to Spain. It’s functions has largely 
been that of providing information, literature, calling conferences, 
making appeals or sending protests concerning intervention in Spain. 
It has never been a technical Committee in the real sense of the word. 
“Two sub-commissions were developed out of the Committee de Coordina-
tion to provide technical information end work out effective plans of 
aid in the medical andchildren’s fields. The first has developed into 
the Centrale Sanitaire Internationale, which now coordinates practically 
all medical aid to Spain. It has an official representative in Valencia, 
works through government health and medical service departments, and on 
the whole is the most efficient group through whom.Canadian medical aid 
can best be sent. All questions dealing with Canadian medical aid to 
Spain should he handled officially through them. Their secretary is 
Dr. Georges Valensi. Any general fund for the Canadian Unit in Spain 
should also be handled through them. 
“For all children’s work, The Children’s Commission of the Interna-
tionale Coordination Committee is the official organization to carry 
this out, as the documents sent explain, this Commission also works 
through official Spanish Government departments in our work. Any 
money for children’s colonies or food for children’s relief should 
be sent through us. Until such a moment as general relief sub-
commission is created, this Committee can handle shipments of food 
which are destined for general refugee relief. 
“A general reserve fund in Paris would be best done through the 
Central Sanitaire... The Centrale Sanitaire took care of sending 
money to Dr. Bethune when he was in Spain. You could have full 
confidence in the organisation to send you prompt and steady reports 
on financial as well as other situations. 
“Concerning the role of the Children's Commission in the support of 
Children’s Colonies in Spain. We are actually a technical body 
charged with furnishing information from Spain for Children’s 
relief to the various national Committees, making purchases of 
foodstuffs for the Ministry of Public Instruction for the support 
of homes, or for the Ministry of Health for babies and pregnant 
women’s relief. This Commission is also in charge of seeing that 
shipments from various national Committees are forwarded to Spain 
in the swiftest and most economic manner, and of providing news, 
photos end stories concerning children’s homes or general relief 
work carried out for any national committee in Spain. 
“This Commission does not manage the homes in Spain. That would