Evening star., 1946-06-02
u. n. Probers Hit.
Spain,
If Franco Stays
Subcommittee Brands
Government Potential
Menace to Peace
by the Associoted Press

NEW YORK. June L. The
United Nations subcommittee on
Spain today declared that the
Franco regime was potential
menace to international peace"
and recommended a worldwide
diplomatic break with Spain un-
less the Falangist government is
ousted by September.
The subcommittee which has had
the question under investigation for
the last month, said the Franco
government was not "at present a
threat to peace" but added that its
activities were such that they might
easily become threat.
1t recommended that the Security
Council transfer the case to the
5l-Nation General Assembly, which
meets in New York September 3,
with a suggestion that the Assembly
call on all members of the United
Nations to sever relations with
Spain unless the Franco regime lis
withdrawn"
Declaration Supported.
The report also recommended that
the Security Council indorse the
March 4 anti-Franco declaration of
the United States, Great Britain
and France, which called on the
Spanish people to oust General
lssimo Francisco Franco by peace
full means and set up "caretaker"
government to rule until free elec-
tions could be held.
The next meeting of the Security
Council is scheduled for 3 pm.
Thursday.
The five members of the subcom-
mlttee were unanimous in their
approval of the report except for
reservations by Poland and Brazil
Poland took exception to the find
ing that Franco was not at present
threat to peace and that the
Security Council, as a result, had
no jurisdiction to direct, in this
case. severance of diplomatic rela-
tlonS. The case was raised origin
ally by Polish Delegate Oscar Lange
Brazilian Reserves Position.
Brazilian Delegate Pedro Leao
Velloso reserved his position on the
recommendation that the case be
referred to the General Assembly
with recommendations that the
assembly call on its member ma
tions for break with Franco.
After recommending that the
case be referred to the General
Assembly, the subcommittee pro-
posed that the United Nations in
vite Spain to become a member of
the organization when and If
Franco is ousted and all other sug-
gested conditions of freedom are
met satisfactorily.
These conditions included release
OF political prisoners, return of ex-
lied Spaniards, freedom of political
assembly and free public elections.
General findings of the subcom-
mittee included the following:
i. The Franco regime is a Fascist
regime"
2. During the war Franco gave
substantial aid to the enemy
powers"
3. Franco "conspired" with Hitler
and Mussolini to wage war on the
Allies.
4. Franco has in some cases re-
fused ito cooperate in removing the
vestiges of Fascism and Nazism in
Europe since the war.
5. The Falangist regime continues
persecution of political opponents. +"
6. THE number of men under
arms is far larger than might be
expected in any peace-loving and
non-aggressive country
Atomic Research Unmentioned.
The report made no mention of
charges by Poland and the Spanish
government-in-eXile that Franco was
engaged in atomic research with the
aid of German scientists.
1T is plain" the subcommittee re-
ported, that Franco Spain might
easily become a ready instrument of
aggressive warfare. The fact that
there are two rival Spanish govern
ments in existence is in itself a po-
tential danger to the peace inasmuch
as there is always the possibility of
civil strife and the possibility of in
tervention by other countries.
The strategic situation and re-
sources of Spain, coupled with the
declared unfitness of Franco Spain
for membership in the United Ma
tions, means that at the present
time the United Nations system of
security will be dangerously incom-
plete."
The subcommittee report has
been circulated among the IL men,
bers of the Security Council and
will be taken up at the Thursday
meeting. Since five of the Council
members, including Poland, were
represented on the subcommittee
it was regarded as unlikely that
the report would meet much op-
position.