WORDS ON SPAIN
SIR, May I, as a Spaniard who, in fighting Franco, thought that I had fought for those freedoms which Britain defended against Hitler and Mussolini, express my amazement at your commentary " Words against Spain." You advocate the admission of Franco Spain to UNO and
regret that Russian " prejudice " makes this solution of the Spanish problem impossible. Surely, it is legitimate for any victorious country, even for Russia, to object to a Government which sent a division to Hitler and promised him a million men to defend Berlin. Would your paper have found Franco so acceptable if he had decided to divert a division against Gibraltar instead of against the U.S.S.R.? I daresay no British Government would have tolerated the survival of a regime which had attacked H.M. Forces during the war.—Yours sincerely,
SPANISH EXILE.
[It is fully intended that Italy shall before long be admitted to the United Nations ; she supported Hitler with a great deal more than a division.—ED., The Spectator.]
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