Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prospect of a Western deal with Franco frightened Spaniards in exile into something they have never before been able to achieve-unity, or at least a semblance of it. In Paris, the Spanish Socialists announced that they had reached an agreement with their political enemies, the Spanish Monarchists.* They called for Franco's ouster and a democratic regime in Spain. Unfortunately, ousting Franco was far more easily said than done...
Western reconciliation with Franco would be a serious blow to the West's moral position. Red propaganda would offer it as proof that Western democracy is fascism in disguise. These political liabilities of friendship with Franco seem to outweigh the advantage of advance agreement on bases...
...Americans will sacrifice their cherished Sellers screw thread profile in favor of a slightly modified British Whitworth profile, and the British will give up their 55° angle of thread in favor of the U.S. 60° angle. The agreement will eventually save millions of dollars, make cooperation in war & peace easier...
...Italian fascism and the U.N. passed a resolution advising its members to withdraw their diplomatic missions. The object of this was either to tame Franco or bounce him out of Spain. It failed miserably. Great Britain, looking ahead to the day when Gibraltar would be vulnerable, signed a trade agreement with the dictator, and the United States was afraid that Spain would be consumed by Civil War if Franco left the scene. With this tacit carte blanche, Franco launched a purge, the most ferocious since 1939, under the guise of an anti-communist crusade. He passed a succession law turning...
...Agreement Doubted...