There he was responsible for what he called "the noblest mission I have ever undertaken": transporting 2,000 Spanish refugees who had been housed by the French in squalid camps to Chile on an old ship called the Winnipeg.
Där fick Neruda ansvaret för vad han kallade "det vackraste uppdraget jag någonsin har genomfört": 2000 spanska flyktingar skeppades till Chile i en gammal båt vid namn Winnipeg.