The wooing by Britannia and La Belle France of little Francisco Franco received a set-back last week. The French-British courtship had been planned along these lines: the Loyalists were to be persuaded to quit, the Rebel Generalissimo was to be recognized and then, it was hoped, he could be persuaded to jilt Germany and Italy, who had helped him so well to win his war. But, to the democracies' chagrin, the Generalissimo suddenly got the sulks.
Lever. Handiest card the French and British had in dealing with the Loyalists was the presence in...
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