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...bloody Rightist attack west of Toledo beaten off, and another that captured several hundred yards of dugouts and trenches on the Aragon front near Olivan, were the only actions of importance on the ground last week. No qualified observers would admit that the winter's stalemate for which all Spanish noncombatants were devoutly praying...
...gold flag of Rightist Spain went up on the Spanish legation at Tokyo last week, symbol of official recognition of the Franco Regime by the Japanese Government. The U. S. State Department moved three weeks ago to have the U. S. consulate in Rightist Bilbao reopened by Mr. W. E. Chapman, who has been promoted from Consul to Second Secretary of Embassy, a diplomatic rank, since the consulate was closed six months ago. Last week Senor Antonio San Groniz, protocol officer to Rightist Generalissimo Franco, stated that upon reopening of the U. S. consulate "we would not infer that...
...Spain (TIME, Nov. 15 et ante). Off the record, nearly every British or Continental statesman will today admit that so-called Non-intervention has been a sorry process of seeing that Spain's civil war is dragged out as long as possible, thus avoiding a clean cut Rightist or Leftist victory. On the record in the House of Commons last week Mr. Chamberlain said he and M. Chautemps have agreed that "the policy of Non-intervention in Spain has been fully justified...
Dictator & King. Grimly silent was Portuguese Dictator Salazar this week. Portugal has been supplying Rightist Spain and her German ally, and the Dictator showed every sign of feeling that he can sit tight on the question of Angola. No dictator is King Leopold of the Belgians. Announced his Foreign Minister Spaak: "Should the question arise, Belgium is prepared to defend the colony (Belgian Congo) with all the means within our power. From London we learn that the British viewpoint would never admit an accord detrimental to other countries...
Most observers felt last week that winter weather and Leftist knowledge of his plans had forced El Caudillo to drop a major offensive on the Aragon Front against Barcelona, that the Rightist offensive when it comes will much more likely be along the Mediterranean coast in the south: first on Almeria, then Valencia, then Barcelona...