It should have been an obvious question because nationalist spain has no oil, hitler and mussolini which were supporting it or importers, not exporters. It would have been very difficult and expensive for them to supply the oil. What was the major source of oil in the world at this point . The United States, especially texas. As it turned out general franco was getting most of his oil from texaco which had a ceo at that point to buy a name who was basically a fascist sympathizer. He not only supplied franco with most of his oil throughout the war, but he violated u. S. Law in several ways by sending it to him. American law said that anything traveling to a country at war could not travel on american ships. Nationalists had no oil tank so he loaded the oil onto texaco tankers at the texaco pipelines and off it went to spain and the sea where the ships were found for amsterdam and the captains would open c sealed orders redirecting them to spain. That was the first violation of u. S. Law
A milestone by meeting at the historic Decatur House in washington, d c, to recount their white house experiences. Bys program was hosted bottoms, and International Auction trust. It is about one hour. This is an event that has been birthed from a number of sources. It really all started for us with the collection you see against the back wall, the care and archive, which is one of documents and ephemera related to history. The collector who put it together with focused on finding documents and printed matter that bring you as close as you can to the contemporary events described and i encourage you all to have a look at these incredible documents spanning the papal from ambassador from the congo in 1608 who died two days after arriving in rome to the first printing of the u. S. Constitution and so forth. It is an opportunity to get close through history through interaction with documents and i think what is exciting about this evening is we not only have documentation but we have livi
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The largest selling single in the history of Atlantic Records and no other will i i dont think touch it. Nile rogers on 35 years at the top of the charts. I. S. I. L. s weapons are not just guns knives and kerosene. It is a propaganda arm designed to inflict maximum terror and suffering. American aid worker held captive since 2013, it is claimed was killed. I. S. I. L. Says she died in a Jordanian Air strike. For u. S. Officials there is skepticism. For the family there is only more pain. Im in solidarity with the syrian people. Her name is Kayla Mueller 26 years old. A native of prescott, arizona. A young woman who traveled the world to help people in need. She was kidnapped august 2013. After she left a Doctors Without Borders hospital in aleppo, syria. I. S. I. L. Had reportedly demanded more than 6 million for her release. Her identity had been kept a secret until today. When i. S. I. L. Posted pictures online and claim they died in a Jordanian Air strike. The u. S. Has not confirm
Situation is getting critical. Some 1500 people from syria and african crisis regions are in the area ready to cross the english channel. The ferry from calais stops in dover over 25 times a day. Anyone approaching the port area of the frenchtown, these young men like this at the motorway exit. Some 1500 refugees a day try to climb aboard trucks to smuggle themselves into britain. In the end, we Truck Drivers are the one to get into trouble, especially with customs officials. We have to pay hefty fines if they find one of them. Our loads often get damage, and the french bullies take no action at all against the migrants. And the French Police take no action at all against the migrants will stop the more refugees appear. Many drivers have observed them using even riskier methods. They open truck doors in broad daylight when the drivers stopped briefly in traffic jams. The migrants desperation is stronger than any fear of injury. I have tried several times, but without success. Maybe it