FRANCO STILL KEEPING UP ARMED FORCES
NOT TRENDING TOWARD DEMOCRACY Recd. 6 p.m. Washington, Dec. 22. General Franco still maintains an army of 600,000 to 700,000, and onethird of the national Budget is earmarked for the armed forces and police. This statement was made by the American Ambassador, Mr. Norman Armour, on his return from Spain. Mr. Armour added that the Franco regime was not shifting from totalitarianism towch-d democracy rapidly enough to satisfy the United States. Mr. Armour is retiring from foreign service and the State Department said it was not planning tq fill the vacancy in Madrid immediately.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 303, 24 December 1945, Page 5
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