International: There Must Be Clarity

The U.S. State Department spelled out the reasons last week why UNO could not admit Franco Spain. Fifteen documents recovered from Axis secret diplomatic files proved that Francisco Franco had been an even closer ally of Hitler than the world had supposed.

Fascist Bargains. On Aug. 15, 1940, Franco wrote Benito Mussolini: "Since the beginning of the present conflict it has been our intention to make the greatest efforts in our preparations in order to enter the foreign war at a favorable opportunity. . . ."

A little more than a month later he addressed...

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