Word: coruna
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...consistent foreign policy is probably admirable, but in Franco's ease it is miserable. There is active opposition to Franco's government, and the General is using the imminency of increased U.S. friendship as a talking point to stay in power. When a U.S. Navy task force visited Coruna last summer, Franco parlayed the occasion up to a national holiday. He would probably do the same if we shipped him an ambassador. A U.S. Embassy in Spain would antagonize our Western Europe allies, who strongly dislike the Spanish dictator. And the implied endorsement would...
...that juncture Lieut. Clarence H. ("Dutch") Schildhauer, U. S. copilot, resigned. He had been loaned for the flight by Dornier Corp. of America, subsidiary of General Aviation Corp. (dominated by General Motors), which was interested in no South American flight. Dr. Claude Dornier left the craft in La Coruna, Spain and hurried to Berlin, supposedly to ask the transportation ministry to back him in the new venture. Even before he arrived, Air Director Ernst Brandenburg made known that the answer would be: "No funds available." Definite information was scanty...