Vice Admiral van Dulm , Chairman of the Non Intervention Board , the new body which is administering the whole Spanish Scheme by land and sea , went to the Foreign Office to meet Lord Plymouth , Chairman of the Non Intervention Committee , before settling down to work . Vice Admiral van Dulm is a retired Netherlands officer , formerly Commander in Chief of the Dutch East Indies . Photo shows , Vice Admiral van Dulm ( left ) leaving the Foreign Office . Centre is Mr A F Hemming of the Cabinet Office , who has acted as secretary of the Board . He is accounting officer for the ?900 , 000 budget of the non intervention scheme . 17 March 1937