Spain's Dictator Francisco Franco, international pariah, seemed to be making progress toward getting back into the community of western nations. In the U.S. Senate last week, several members let it be known that they were ready to let bygones be bygones. Nevada's Democrat Pat McCarran started it by asking: Why should the U.S. not give Dictator Franco the same recognition it gives Dictator Stalin?
What set McCarran off was a U.N. debate over restoring full diplomatic recognition to Spain. The Soviet bloc wanted the two-year-old ban continued; most of the Latin Americans...
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