Franco's Refusal Reported Based on Fears of Tightening of British Blockade on Europe London, Oct. 25. KEPT advices from Madrid received here today by neutral diplomats indicated that Chancellor Adolf Hitler had failed to persuade General Francisco Franco of Spain to enter the war or grant the Axis Powers use of. Spanish naval and air bases.
"The advices mentioned reports that Hitler had urged Gen. Franco to enter the war and when the Spanish Premier refused, Hitler asked him for permission to send troops through Spain to Gibraltar and Morocco and also the used of Spanish ports and air bases.
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