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re TEXACO & Nazi War Efforts



> From: Arthur Perlo <perlo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Ford Motor Co. and the Nazi War Efforts
> 
> Michael Eisenscher <meisenscher@xxxxxxxxxxx> posted an
> interesting article on US automotive companies' support
> for the Nazi war machine.  Another interesting corporate
> fact concerns Texaco (of recent racist infamy) and the
> fascist takeover in Spain.
> 
> In 1936, when Franco launched his rebellion, the Republic
> was able to contain the fescists in Spain. For Franco to win,
> he had to get his troops from Spanish Morocco (which he
> controlled) to the Spanish mainland.  Texaco supplied the
> with the gasoline (on credit) for Franco to invade Spain,
> and gain a foothold -- the Italian and German fascists
> supplied the additional aid which enabled Franco to eventually
> win.
> 
> [Source: "Spain, the Unfinished Revolution" by Arthur Landis.
> I don't have the book in front of me -- I am recalling from memory].
> 
> -- Art Perlo