The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-29
|Nazis Promote ''Pan-Spanish" Idea To Undermine Pan-AmericaniSm
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 There 8 still much pulling and hauling in Che Falange movement ln Spain. The EAlange is not like she Na9l party in Germany with an effective political monopoly.
 EalAnglStAS are relatively few in number, Its sealots believe they win force on Spain what they believe Spain needs, in spite of itselG That is the Na1 idea,
 From the Nan point of view the Falange Is important as a vehicle not only for suhiugatlng Spain it- self, but perhaps more important, the vehicle which the Germans can use to promote the Na2l doc- trlnes in other Spanish-speaking countries of the world.
 It iS this latter prospect which is of more immediate concern to the United States.
 When the spanish Falange, un. der Maxi domination, began It's campaigng to spread the doctrines of Hlspanidad throughout Latin America, it had to build an or- gAni1ation of spanish speaking groups right from the ground up. This is in contrast Co the ease with which German emigrees were or ganised by the Hitler Auslands organization.
 FALANGISTAS ARE
 HARD TO DETECT
 Spanish emigrants were Q dtf- ferent proposition, Speaking the same language as the dominant natives in the Latin-American republics, these Spaniards were more quickly absorbed aS part ot the population and they took their places in the social and eco- homie life of the country where they settled with no more difficdi- ty than Q Hritisher with an OK. ford accent would be accepted anywhere in the United States.
 In one respect, this was an ad- vantage. When Q unit Of the Span. ish Falange was formed, 1t could work without arousing suspicion. During the Spanish Civil War, many Spaniards in South America were unquestlonahly pro-Franco. especially refugees driven from Europe by the radical spanish rec public. Their interest in the oVor- throw of the republic was the starting point, at any rate, for the spread of the Falange movement in South America,
 What ideas did the FalanSe have for the Germans to build onS What appeal could 1t make for membersS What program could 1t present.
 WORKED THROUGH
 SPANISH EMBASSIES
 Politically, the Falange has sup- posedly worked through the Span ish Embassies. In many Spanish diplomatic missions in South Amer lea there has been one officer who has been an active Falangista and 1t has been his job to foster the growth of the movement. Ills work has been not only with the Span- ish born, but with the non-Spanish, the native Latin Americans, as well. Any element of the population not satisfied with the condition ot things as they were could be worked on to advantage,
 The Falange organizers played every card in their deck, irclud. Ing the cards carried in the cuff and concealed up the sleeve.
 Tn the first place, the Talange made on effort to capture tho Catholic church in Latin America, Tn this 1t has failed. Here and there could be found Q zealot who would take up the Falange cause and work for 1t, but neither the church organization as whole, nor any individual, has ever been connected officially with the "a. lange movement, either in Spain or In Latin America. The Falange has had to turn elsewhere to get in It's best licks.
 Though not being able to gain control of the church, the Falanye has made much of its anti-Rus. sian, anti Communist doctrines. Here the Falange counts heavily on church support.
 BALANCE FOSTERS
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 Falangistas now argue that in