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Show I Carries Offer to 'Dictator of Spanlnh Rebels ' - V : v J ' I . AS FRANCE'S SEMIOFFICIAL ENVOY TO FRANCO LEFT PARIS I Senator Loon BcraTa, right, gays (ood-by to friends at station General Franco 'Receives' France's Envoy by Phone BURGOS, Spain, Feb. 25 (AP) Generalissimo Francisco Franco today granted his first interview to th semiofficial French envoy to nationalist Spain, Senator Leon Berard, but only by telephone. row several weens oonmior oerera has been attempting to obtain commitment- from Franco to check German and Italian Influence In return for French recognition of the Insurgents. Berard was understood to have Informed Franco that hi negotiations negotia-tions with th nationalist foreign minister, Count Francisco Oomes Jordan, were concluded and that recognition would be forthcoming soon without nationalist commitments. commit-ments. Announcement of the telephone Interview did not Indicate whether Franco was In Burgos or elsewhere. Berard' failure to gala concessions conces-sions was indicated by Premier Daladier yeeteroay when he told the French chamber of deputies Franc would proceed with recognition recog-nition en the bast of nationalist assurance which bad been received by Britain. Berard waa acheduled to leave for Paris later today to report on his negotiation. |