Newsinger, John "Orwell and the Spanish Revolution" International Socialism Journal Issue 62 Spring 1994Archived 17 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine The author states that evidence discovered at the National Historical Archives in Madrid in 1989 of a security police report to the Tribunal for Espionage and High Treason described 'Eric Blair and his wife Eileen Blair, as "known Trotskyists" and as "linking agents of the ILP and the POUM". Newsinger goes on to state that given Orwell's precarious health, "there can be little doubt that if he had been arrested he would have died in prison."
Newsinger, John "Orwell and the Spanish Revolution" International Socialism Journal Issue 62 Spring 1994Archived 17 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine The author states that evidence discovered at the National Historical Archives in Madrid in 1989 of a security police report to the Tribunal for Espionage and High Treason described 'Eric Blair and his wife Eileen Blair, as "known Trotskyists" and as "linking agents of the ILP and the POUM". Newsinger goes on to state that given Orwell's precarious health, "there can be little doubt that if he had been arrested he would have died in prison."
