Spain And Portugal May Be Drawn Into War On Communism
LONDON, Oct. 10 (Rec 10 pm).It is reported that United States naval officers have just completed a thorough tour of port facilities and possible beach-landing sites along Spain’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, says the British United Press Madrid correspondent. The tour was made within a few days of a group of United States military officers making a survey of the Pyrenees passes between France and Spain The Associated Press correspondent in Madrid reports that General Franco, speaking in the Cordoba Provincial Parliament, declared that all Spaniards would defend their country “if ever an Asiatic horde attacks Spain.” A British United Press dispatch from Lisbon states that James Farley. former United States Post-master-General, who was received by General Franco last Wednesday had ;an audience with President Salazar They discussed aspects of the Iberian Peninsula Pact between Spain and Portugal and the position of both countries in the fight against Communism.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 11 October 1948, Page 5
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