| Popis: |
In the winter of 1944–45 the British government had been able to formulate its post-war policy towards Franco Spain in relative isolation. Admittedly, there were, during the next twelve months, signs of mounting international disquiet over Spain but these had not been enough to force Britain’s foreign policy makers to revise their self-styled ‘policy of pin-pricks’ – namely, criticism without intervention – towards the Franco regime. However, in late 1945 a marked deterioration in relations between the French and Spanish governments ushered in a period of international confrontation with the Spanish Dictator, from which the British government could not easily distance itself. Britain’s policy towards the anti-Franco opposition in 1946 had, therefore, to take into account not only the evolution of the Spanish opposition itself but also, increasingly, international hostility towards the Franco regime. |
