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composed of the same nations as the council-were reported to have made no progress to the solution, Just as the council is divided so are the experts,
 Three Want Case Dropped
 Eight nations lead by Britain and America insist that the 1ranian case be kept under the councils Jurisdiction until May 6-the day by which Russia has promised to get It's troops out of 1ran.. Three nations, the Soviet Union, France and Poland, think the case should be dropped now since both Russia and Iran have asked the council to do so.
 Overnight, the chairman of the experts committee drafted a report which, If approved by the experts, will be submitted to the council late today.
 Cadogan was expected to take Q line comparable to that stated by U. s. Delegate Edward R. Stet- tiniuS, Jr., on Spain. His aides said he probably would not Ion the first round' reject the Polish resolution aS bluntly as Dutch Delegate Eelco N. Van Kleffens.
 But Cadogan is prepared to "analyse" the Polish evidence against Spain and to conclude that the Poles have presented little new information and that much more is needed if council action is to be taken.
 Security Threatened
 France, one of Poland's strongest supporters, failed to mention the maSsing of Spanish troops along the Spanish French frontier-a fact which Polish Ambassador Oscar Lange said threatened French se- curity. And the British are eX- pected to make much of this ornis- sion.
 At the end of the first day of de- bate on Spain, three major objec- tions to action against Spain by the glo-American group were re- vealed:
 1. That the present situation In Spain does not constitute 0 threat to international security. But France answered that the Franco government was a Fascist regime, es- Sentially militaristic, and openly opposed to all democratic prin- ciples and thus must be eradicated.
 2. That the Spanish problem is an internal one. But France answer ed that the United Nations at San Francisco and London and the Big Three at Potsdam gave the lie to that by barring Franco Spain from LIN and granting 1t 0 regime "in- compatible with the new interna. tional order"
 3. That collective action against Spain would strengthen rather than weaken Franco. But Franco again answered that the Spanish people know their real friends and would react as the French and other European peoples did against their Nazi oppressors when encouraged to resist.
 Stettinius Careful
 Stettinius, speaking at the end of yesterdays meeting, avoided com hitting the United States either way on the Polish resolution. He | said the two American objectives | were:
 1. That the Franco regime, land | its trappings and affiliated organ nations, such as the Falange," be i removed from power by the Spanish i people "at the earliest possible mo- ment."
 2. That the overthrow of Franco be accomplished by peaceful means SO the Spanish people will be spared the horrors of another civil war.
 Stettinius indicated his willing ness to consider possible compro- mises by telling the Council the United States would give "sympa- thetic consideration" to any action which conforms with the charter or to independent national action so long as it gives a reasonable of achieving those two ob- jectives.
 Long Statement
 Poland's case against Spain was presented by Polish Ambassador Oscar Lange in a 5000 word state- ment and a short appendix of docu- ments supplied him by exile Span- lsh republican leaders.
 Highnghts of the Polish charges:
 1. The Franco regime, created by the defeated enemies of the LIN, Is Q dangerous Fascist remnant of the Axis and gave aid and comfort to the enemy during the war.
 2. Continues to be Q center of Fascist infection and "a jumping DH place for war which one more may spread al over the world"
 g. It an "armed camp" with its largest army in history, supple mented by 100000 Maxi and Vichy French militia. and mobiiized in strength along the neWly-i0rtified |