Anglo-American Relations and the Franco Question: 1945-1955

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This book examines the formulation of British and American policy between 1945 and 1955 towards one of the most hated regimes of this century. The Franco question though apparently not of the first importance in the evolution of Cold War policy, nevertheless haunted British and American governments during this period. It posed a problem which epitomises the difficulty of dealing with pariah regimes. As such it highlights for historians the attempts of these two governments to straddle the contradictions inherent in the emerging dual system of the United Nations, or internationalism, on the one hand, and the older system of balance of power, played out by the super powers as the Cold War. Set as it is in the domestic and international context, it also exemplifies the problems faced today by individual governments and by the United Nations in dealing with questions of intervention or non-intervention in distasteful regimes. Title Page Acknowledgements Contents List of Tables Introduction Part One: Pariah The Scene is Set INTRODUCTION SPAIN IN THE MID- TWENTIETH CENTURY INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT HELPING ROOSEVELT WIN THE ELECTION ALLIED VICTORY AND POST- WAR PLANNING The End of the War CHURCHILL'S ROLE IN ROOSEVELT'S 1944 ELECTION CAMPAIGN THE ANGLO- SOVIET TREATY Peace and the New World Order SPANISH REPUBLICANS ALLIED WAR PROPAGANDA NEUTRALITY AND HISPANIDAD PREPARING FOR THE CRIMEAN CONFERENCE THE WAR IN THE EAST San Francisco and Potsdam THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE TRUMAN AND FRANCO POTSDAM: THE BERLIN CONFERENCE LABOUR AND BRITISH NAVAL INTERESTS IN SPAIN LABOUR AND STRATEGIC IBERIAN BASES Shades of the Gestapo FRANCO PRESENTS A SCINTILLA OF LEGITIMACY ALLIED RESPONSE THE UNITED NATIONS OPTIONS DOMINION PRESSURE The Monarchist Option SHADOWS OF THE CIVIL WAR THE RESTORATION OPTION IN POST-WAR PLANNING THE PRETENDER FRANCO'S MILITARY TRIBUNALS THE ALIANZA DISCARDING THE MONARCHIST OPTION THE UNITED STATES TAKES THE LEAD Part Two: Spain and the Question of Aid Aid and Democracy BRITAIN AND THE QUESTION OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS THE MARSHALL PLAN-SUPPORT TO 'FREE NATIONS' THE O'KONSKI AMENDMENT FRANCO'S RESPONSE SPAIN'S IMPROVING COMMERCIAL RELATIONS The Senate, Spain, and the North Atlantic Treaty THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT SPAIN- A MORAL DILEMMA BRITISH AND FRENCH REASSESSMENT OF SPANISH POLICIES Trouble at the United Nations TROUBLE AT THE UNITED NATIONS SOVIET PROPAGANDA ABSTENTION ACHESON AND THE SENATE The Cotton Lobby and The Spanish Loan POST- WAR OVERPRODUCTION THE UNITED STATES COTTON INDUSTRY THE SPANISH TEXTILE INDUSTRY THE LOBBY AND THE LOAN THE FIGHT FOR AN OFFICIAL SPANISH LOAN THE APPOINTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR Battle Lines RIGHTS OF ASSOCIATION VS. TRADE AND COMMERCE THE UNIONS THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONNECTION Part Three: Western Security and Spain The European Context THE MEDITERRANEAN GATEWAY THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR PORTUGAL IBERIAN URANIUM: PROSPECTING IN SPAIN BRITISH STRATEGY The 'Tail of the Kite' AMERICAN OPINION AND SPAIN POST- WAR PLANNING: PLANS AND FACTIONS; SPAIN AND 'DRUMBEAT' NUCLEAR AND OTHER BASES NSC POLICY UPDATED THE USA GOES AHEAD The Long Haul to the Accords BASES AND THE ACCORDS BRITAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN DEFENCE THE BRITISH ARMAMENT INDUSTRY AND SPAIN The Accords and British Reaction UNITED STATES AID TO SPAIN IRRESOLUTION: THE BRITISH RESPONSE THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT SLOW PROGRESS THE BASE AGREEMENTS AND THEIR AFTERMATH BRITAIN AND THE BASE AGREEMENTS Conclusion Select Bibliography Index