Word: nio
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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...bargaining with Britain and Germany, haggling to see whether Democracy or Naziism would bid the higher. Portuguese ports have been alternately infested with British and German warships on "goodwill missions." According to London dispatches last week, a major bargain has now finally been struck by Portuguese Dictator António Oscar de Fragoso Carmona not with Hitler but with Chamberlain. The Germans had offered to sell armaments to Portugal and make immediate deliveries, but on barter terms-Portugal would have had to pay promptly in goods. The British outbid the Germans by offering Portugal armaments on credit-the sort...