Paris, Feb, 27.
Don Manuel Azana, President of Republican Spain, is expected to announce his resignation as soon as the British and French recognition of the Nationalist regime in Spain is made this afternoon.
The announcement, it is understood, will be accompanied by a declaration, stating that, in his opinion, the Republican Government should give up the struggle.
Directly General Franco's regime is recognized, Senor Pascuay Marinez, the Republican Minister in, Paris, intends to leave the Republican Embassy for a hotel Senor Martinez has asked permission for the Embassy staff to stay in France for a time—the procedure being followed by the consular and tourist offices. Various Republican organizations. are packing and preparing to close.
Senor Julio Alvarez del Vayo, Republican Foreign Minister, is credited with the intention of returning from Paris to Madrid to share the fate of his colleagues in the Government of Dr. Juan Negrin, Republican Prime Minister. There is, as yet no definite information what the Republican Government plans to do.
It is expected that Senator Leon Berard, unofficial French envoy to Nationalist Spain, will be offered the post of Ambassador to Nationalist Spain.—Reuter.
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