We fell out with them when they sought by subversion and by force to undermine and destroy free peoples. The same may be said of the Nazis. under Hitler. Spain. under Franco. has during and since World War II proved to be our friend. It has driven the Communists from its borders. It has welcomed and assisted the persecuted and the refugee. It has. and I hope will continue. to justify our confidence in setting up on her soil American military bases that will help protect the free world from a potential assault by Soviet Russia and its Iron Curtain allies. On January 24. 1950.