"BRITAIN COURTING FRANCO"
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Italian's Strange Accusations of Designs WANTS NAVAL ZONES
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(Eeceived 9, 1 p.m.) EOME, July 8. Signor Yirginio Gayda, in an article in the Giornale d'ltalia, alleging that the British Ambassador recently conferred with General Franco's Government, deelarts: "BritaYli supportea the Basques in the belief that they were able to defend tlieir minerals. Now the Basqnes are tottering she throws them overboard and turns inviting smiles to Franco. ' ' He adds that both England and France are seeking Spanish naval /.ones and ports. ' ' Even Gibraltar is insufficient for Britain. It is a policy of economic, political and military encirclement against Italy and Germany, aiming at depriving "them of freedom ■of supplies and the seas.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 147, 9 July 1937, Page 5
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