SPAIN AND JAPAN
PURPOSE OF NEW POLICY
LONDON, March 20. General Franco's Government, the policy of which continues to be inspired by plain expediency, is flying a new kite, says the diplomatic correspondent of "The Times," referring to the suggestion from Madrid that Spain might declare war on Japan. "This report was put out mainly for American consumption," he says. "There have recently been indications that Franco is trying to curry favour with the Americans. v
"It is scarcely to be expected that the State Department in Washington will be unduly impressed by a twelfthhour decision to declare war on a Japan now facing defeat."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 68, 21 March 1945, Page 5
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