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basSador Juan Francisco de Carde-
mas inform the State Department
Sunday, it was learned today, that
Spain would repudiate any foreign
pressure put upon her"
Along with the declaration, the
State Department simultaneously
published Is representative docd-
ments captured in Germany re-
vealing evidence of Gen. Frances
aid to the Axis during the war and
pledges of loyalty "for always" to
Hitler and his cause.
Many Pledges Untitled.
Among these documents was re-
port Of Spanish agreement to plac-
ing German tankers in "out-of the
way bays of the Spanish coast" for
refueling German destroyers, follow
ing similar obligingness in the sup
nying of German U-boats."
EThey include numerous untitled
pledges by Gen. Franco to enter the
war on the side of Germany and
Italy if Spain got extensive military
and economic aid and extensive
territorial prizes, including Gibral-
tar, French Morocco and part of
Algeria.
The documents showed that Hit
Ter considered Gen. Frances "crassly
expressed" demands excessive, but
pressed vigorously for Spanish entry
into the war in 1941. with Gen.
Franco putting it off only because of
SPANS bad economic situation.
AS late as December IS, 1943, the
German Ambassador in Madrid
quoted Gen. Franco as hoping with
all his heart for the victory of Ger
many" because he knew only this
would make continuance of his
Spanish dictatorship possible, realiz-
ing that Allied victory would mean
his own annihilation.
French Proposal Considered.
Secretary of State Byrnes told a
news conference today that the
French proposal for UNO Security
Council action on the Spanish situa-
ton was being considered, and he
had no comment on it for the time
being.
The note delivered by Ambassador
Cardenas to the State Department
Sunday, on urgent" instructions
from Madrid, called attention to
press reports that the three-power
declaration was being prepared and
declared that if it should be true
that "it contains a threat to Spain
to force her to change her regime,
the Spanish government wishes to
inform the Government of the
United States in advance that Spain
repudiates any foreign pressure put
upon her, since it considers that the
question of its interior regime is
matter exclusively of it's own SOW
ereignty."
The note added that any foreign
intervention that might appear as
threat to Spain's independence
would only serve to heighten the
national feelings of the Spanish peo-
ple,'' whom the Madrid government
feels sure shares its "repulsing" at
titude toward foreign Intervention.
Spanish Movement Encouraged.
Main points of the three-power
declaration had been disclosed in
formally several days in advance of
its publication with the German
Spanish documents last night.
Designed to encourage the Spanish
people themselves to get rid of Gen.
Franco. it left open the possibility
of breaking relations with the pres
ent regime and bringing the Spanish
situation before the United Nations
Security Council as urged by the
French.
;"It is hoped" the declaration said,
"that leading patriotic and liberal
minded Spaniards may soon find
means to bring about peaceful
withdrawal of Franco, the abolition
OF the Falange, and the establish
n,ent of an interim or caretaker
government under which the Span
ish people may have an opportunity
freely to determine the type of gov
eminent they wish to have and to
choose their leaders.
Political amnesty. return OF
exiled Spaniards, freedom OF as