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starting in on Checko - Slovacia, Russia and France. The author, Plenn, attached to the U.S. diplomatic bureau in Spain had the chance to study conditions and report them to the State Dept. here. However, our State Dept. inept, inefficient, influenced by the Catholics, did nothing it should have done. We foolishly declared an embargo against shipping arms to the Republic (I'm ashamed to say I was against the embargo too because I didn't understand the situation) and did nothing to hinder Franco from becoming Dictator. Plenn states positively that German scientists who were given a haven in Spain & Portugal are now at work on atomic research and are a menace to our peace and security. Not Russia, but the Flangist movement in Spain, the Argentine and some S.A. countries is the menace we are to fear.