The Archive · 1940

Britain and U.S. Reported Planning to Help Spain

Move Believed Effort to Defeat Hitler's Plans For Preventing Full War Effort by Democracies

London, Oct. 26.

'RITAIN and the United States last night were reported planning to offer economic aid to Spain in an effort to thwart Chancellor Adolf Hitler's plans for a diplomatic coup in Europe.

The Anglo-American move, it was understood, was an effort to defeat Hitler's plans for preventing the Democracies from swinging into full gear in their war effort.

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