Both economic and military resources are at a very low ebb, and she could not stand the strain of war for more than a very short period without largescale Axis support. Unemployment and shortage of food might result in internal disorders. In spite of her poverty, Spain has recently been increasing her petroleum stocks very considerably and apart from using her own tanker fleet (10 ships) she has recently chartered 15 neutral tankers and is at present enquiring for a further 17. Army. The Army at present is still in the process of re-organisation.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Balearic Islands France Gibraltar Italy Morocco Spain
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/97/54
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/97
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0097.054
- Keywords
- Political Intelligence Spanish Neutrality Economy Spanish Armed Forces Fifth Columnists Canary Islands
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 2
- Persons Discussed
- Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt Victor Cavendish-Bentinck
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations
