Rome, Nov, 19.
The Berchtesgaden talks are considered part of Italo-German efforts to bring about rapprochement between Russia and Spain. observers said here yesterday:
The lack of Russian and Spanish diplomatic relations was said to be interfering with the Axis "new order."
M. Viacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Commissar, was believed to have agreed in Berlin to recognize the Franco regime and exchange Ambassadors provided Gen, Franco would do likewise.
Thus Count Ciano and Herr Von Ribbentrop apparently must persuade Sr. Suner to forget the Soviet's role in the Spanish Civil War and also the religious differences between Catholic Spain and Bolshevist Russia.—United Press.
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