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Franco Part 4: The Cold War & the President

Real Dictators

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Francoism and the Cold War

In 1955, Secretary of State Foster Dulles meets with Franco in Madrid. Just one month later, Francoist Spain is admitted to the United Nations. Four years later in 1959, U.S. President Eisenhower visits Spain. Their respective flags are flown as the national anthems have played. In this moment, Francisco Franco's extraordinary transformation is complete.

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