SPANISH REGIME

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21603, 4 January 1945, Page 5

SPANISH REGIME

ATTITUDE IN U.S.A. LIBERALS’ MASS RALLY INDECISION IN BRITAIN (9 a.m.) ' NEW YORK. Jan. 3 The New York Times’ correspondent in London says that the Foreign Office ban on Senor Negrin s broadcast to the Spanish Democratic rally in New York again highlighted the indecision of British policy towards the Franco regime, and its disinclination to assist anyone seeking to overthrow it.

“British policy aippears to be caught between dislike'for the Franco regime and fear of a revival of civil war in Spain,” he adds. Senor Negrin’s speech was cabled in full to New York, and was read a' (he Madison Square Garden rally sponsored by the Nation Liberal Magazine, supported by the C. 1.0 and 1(1 other Liberal and Labour organisations. Senor Negrin called "or a diplomatic break with Franco, end asserted that Spaniards were ready and able to handle their own affairs if left alone. The U.S. Office of War Information broadcast to Europe reported the rally, including Senor Negrin’s speech.