London, Jan. 12
The Nationalist Spanish Generalissimo, Gen, Francisco Franco, has refused to grant British Airways the ight to fly their planes over Nationalist territory, diplomats here revealed his evening.
The British firm had} intended to open a new London-Lisbon route on January 2. Nationalist authorities refused' to grant the right of transit on the grounds they could not give this permission to a had not recognized ie rights implied by de jure recognition of the Burgos authority—Havas.
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