Word: francoed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years, Norman Armour had steered a steady, able course through troubled diplomatic waters: the Red Revolution in Leningrad, The Hague in 1920-21, Rome in the mid-'20s, Tokyo, Paris in the worst years of the depression, Canada, Argentina in the troubled times of 1939-44, then Francisco Franco's Madrid...
Growth of the Guerrillas. Obviously Franco preferred troubles abroad to troubles at home, but at home they were mounting too. In the mountains of Andalusia, the slopes northeast and northwest of Madrid, and the foothills of the Pyrenees, guerrilla forces, operating in 21 areas, had grown increasingly bold since...
Since the end of World War II, Franco had been using in his Spanish Foreign Legion thousands of German soldiers and Gestapo personnel who fled from France after the German surrender. But the guerrillas were protected by geography and their own hard-won battle skill...
...protesting U.S. and British envoys Franco pointed out his internal troubles, insisted that Spain was becoming more liberal. An instance of this meager liberalization is the election to be held in some 9,000 Spanish municipalities next March. The law provides that only "heads of families" will find their names on the voting lists. A third of the councilors are to be chosen by this restricted electorate. Another third will be "selected" (a process equivalent to appointment by the Government) by members of state-organized professional and industrial syndicates. The remaining third are to be chosen by the first...
Henceforth France will collaborate with Britain in all Near East matters. In return, Britain will presumably collaborate with France in the wider sphere of foreign policy, e.g., in a possible Franco-British alliance like the Franco-Russian alliance...