Abstract

In 1940, the British Council founded its first Spanish branch by launching a new school for children as well as a rich cultural programme to counter Nazi and Fascist propaganda in Madrid. Secretly, it also supported the British Intelligence Services’ wartime effort. Based on new sources, the current article (the second in a two-part series) examines these activities in the early 1940s. It also brings to light the crucial contribution of the Council’s first representative in Spain, Walter Starkie. No other British Hispanist has played the role of cultural diplomat in Spain with such great practical significance.

中文翻译：

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马德里英国文化协会的教育、情报和文化外交，1940-1941 年第 2 部分：思想战争中的突击部队

摘要

1940 年，英国文化协会成立了第一个西班牙分部，在马德里开设了一所新的儿童学校以及丰富的文化项目，以对抗纳粹和法西斯的宣传。秘密地，它还支持英国情报局的战时努力。当前文章（两部分系列中的第二篇）基于新的资料来源，研究了 1940 年代初期的这些活动。它还揭示了理事会在西班牙的第一位代表沃尔特·斯塔基的重要贡献。没有其他英国拉美裔人士在西班牙扮演文化外交官的角色，具有如此重大的现实意义。