Word: francos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
West German officials were also upset, privately condemned the projected recognition of Red China as a blow to Western unity. The French announcement coincided with the first anniversary of the Franco-German treaty of reconciliation, which vaguely calls for joint consultation prior to major foreign-policy decisions by either side. Since De Gaulle had done no consulting at all on the China question, there was small reason to celebrate the anniversary. The Bundestag erupted in angry debate about the pact, and Bonn's Minister for Special Tasks Heinrich Krone journeyed to Paris for a somewhat perfunctory observation...
...intransigence against his proven faithfulness as an ally in such moments of crisis as the confrontation with Khrushchev over the missiles in Cuba. What the situation seemed to call for urgently was a personal meeting between Charles de Gaulle and Lyndon Johnson for an examination in depth of Franco-American differences. De Gaulle's move toward recognition of Red China is simply one more in a long list of policy conflicts, and it is unlikely that relations will improve without a dialogue between the Presidents...
...Unamuno attacked him mercilessly. Rivera finally packed Unamuno off to the Canary Islands, where he enjoyed a comfortable exile and turned out 103 sonnets. When Rivera was ousted in 1930, Unamuno returned to Spain. But he found the new republic no more to his taste. He welcomed Franco's rebellion, adding that civil war would be good for Spain. In 1936, just before his death, he turned against Franco...
...years, Don Juan de Borbon, Pretender to the Spanish throne, has been living in exile. Spain's Dictator Francisco Franco stonily forbade him to return to Madrid-until last week...
What finally melted Franco's heart was little eight-day-old Elena Maria Isabel Dominica de Silos, daughter of Don Juan's son, Juan Carlos, and Greek Princess Sophie, and, most important, Don Juan's first grandchild. With that in mind, Franco allowed the would-be king to return for 36 hours for the christening, then dropped in on the affair and had a rare 20-minute chat with the exile. What did they talk about? Well, Franco has five grandchildren himself...