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...into state capitalism. Under state capitalism, communist countries must oppress their own workers in order to compete with capitalist nations. The Soviet Union had followed this path away from genuine socialism since Fenin's death and Itotsky's flight from Stalin, and Carr's evidence makes plain the price Spain paid for the USSR's actions...
...Spain was sacrificed, as Carr writes, to no avail Both the USSR and the West were busy worrying about Hitler, and outside of the usual declamations neither helped the Spanish...
Despite its awkwardness, the ceremony put an end to the years of tension between Britain and Spain that have kept the barrier between the Spanish mainland and Europe's last remaining colony tightly locked. Indeed the opening of the gate was a precondition for the holding of talks between Britain and Spain over the Rock's future. For the Spanish, who next year hope to enter the European Community, the reopening was a political necessity to improve relations with Britain...
...Spain's chagrin, the British have possessed the Mediterranean fortress since 1704, when British Admiral Sir George Rooke seized the 2.25-sq.-mi. peninsula during the War of Spanish Succession. Gibraltar's residents (now 31,183) have rebuffed repeated Spanish attempts to reclaim the territory. In 1969, Spanish Dictator General Francisco Franco cut land, sea and telephone links with the colony. His intention: literally to starve Gibraltar's inhabitants into agreeing to a reunion with Spain. But the Gibraltarians, determined to remain under British rule, turned to nearby Morocco for supplies...
...apprehensive about the changes the influx of Spaniards could bring to the colony. Some fear that Gibraltar may become financially dependent on its larger neighbor and in time lose its special character. To address these concerns, Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe of Britain, Foreign Minister Fernando Moran of Spain and Gibraltar's Chief Minister, Sir Joshua Hassan, met in Geneva last week and agreed to hold annual talks that will include the delicate question of sovereignty. But in Gibraltar, union with Spain still seems to be an unpopular idea. Says Joe Bossano, leader of the opposition Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party...