Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-09-16 | Page 2 | Spanish Move to Axis Hinted

SPANISH SP AN ISH MO MOVE VE VETO TO AXIS HINTED BERLIN Sept 16 UP Ramon Ul Ramon Serrano law in of Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain arrived here Monday for conversations with Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and Foreign Minister Joachim von amid In Indications Indications In In- that nationalist Spain ison is ison ison on the eve of some special understanding understanding understanding under under- standing with the Rome Berlin axis Many observers expressed belief Spain might enter the war on the side of Germany and Italy Serrano minister of interior in In- ter or of Spain came with the avowed purpose of exchanging In M Information in formation with German a authorities ties on government administrative methods But Buthe he was was w welcomed l med by Foreign Minister von not by Wilhelm Frick German minister of the interior whose position position po po- po- po corresponds to Serrano The fact that the Italian charge also met him at the railway railway railway rail rail- way station was regarded by informed informed in in- formed circles as further evidence that trial the reasons for the official visit transcend its avowed purpose Hitler is to receive the Spaniard at noon Tuesday London Londo quarters familiar with Spanish politics said the visit was highly significant in view of ItalIan ItalIan Italian Ital Ital- ian pressure to allow axis soldiers passage for an attack on British Gibraltar A up shake-up of the Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish government was predicted