Word: leftist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Year ago, the 1,650-ton Spanish Leftist destroyer José Luis Diez limped into Falmouth, England, seriously damaged by Rightist air bombs. Most of her crew of 60 left the ship, claiming that they would be shot as "Reds" if they returned to Rightist Spain, as "deserters" if taken back to Leftist Spain. A loyal skeleton crew took her to France for repairs, and fortnight ago the José Luis Diez was again ready for action...
...with a new loyal crew, determined to sail around the bulge of the Iberian Peninsula and through the Straits of Gibraltar to the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, Rightist warships vigilantly patrolled the Straits. One night last week, when land fighting on the stalemated fronts was comparatively quiet with only a minor Leftist counteroffensive in the South being waged, Commander Castro decided to run the blockade. About midnight, with lights out, the José Luis Diez passed Tangier, the internationally governed protectorate of Morocco. Off Tarifa, southern tip of Spain, the destroyer caught two armed Rightist trawlers. Commander Castro put their crews...
Last month Leftist Spain accepted the plan with only a few minor reservations.This week Rightist Spain told Great Britain that it too ''accepted the principle" of withdrawal of foreign volunteers. But larded into General Franco's "acceptance" were so many Rightist complaints, demands, objections, charges and refusals that, in effect, it was almost a flat rejection...
General Franco's answer asked the British to explain how the Non-intervention Committee could possibly expect to get an accurate count on Leftist volunteers, since (the note charged) they: 1) are presented with Spanish names and Spanish passports; 2) do not have distinguishing marks; 3) are generally placed at the front; 4) could be hidden among the civilian population; 5) could be assigned to the medical corps...
Instead, General Franco offered: 1) a withdrawal of 10,000 foreign troops from each side; 2) to respect two "safety ports" in Leftist Spain for the exclusive entry of food; 3) to try to agree upon a definition of military objectives. Mincing few words, he demanded "as a right" to be granted a belligerent status because: 1) he possesses more territory than his enemy; 2) he maintains a sovereign government; 3) he has an army and air force organized to guarantee order. Charging that vessels have taken contraband munitions into Leftist Spain with Non-Intervention Committee observers on board, General...