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Only a few people know that the first foreign delegation of the "Falange Espanola de las JONS" was ordered by José Antonio Primo de Rivera in Milan ( Italy ). If the date of his foundation, August 8th 1935, is known, little we known about its activities in these early moments. This is probably due to the fact that it officially began its operations only in January 1936. No other branch of the Falange Foreign Service was never opened after that of Milan even though some other uncontrolled groups worked in Cuba, Mexico and Argentina.
The history of the "Servicio Exterior de FET y de las JONS" (Falange Foreign Service) was built by Spanish historians with considerable difficulty due to the lack of official documents.
This letter, addressed to Mussolini, by Arturo Cuartero, the leader of the Falange in Italy, represents a rarity in terms of both historical and collectible. The letter has been sent three days after another one sent to the Duce on July 23rd, 1936 and the revers has the  Mussolini's Secretary stamp.
 
On it Arturo Cuartero asks to Mussolini  to  help the Spain  to fight against the Republicans. To day we know that Arturo Cuartero then managed to reach Spain and participate actively in the Civil War, leaving the leadership of the Spanish Falange in Italy "ad interim" to Juan Ordinas.