However, the Cold War caused the US government to change its attitude towards Francoist Spain, considering that Spain, due to its geographical situation and anti-communist government, would be a valuable asset to the so-called "free world" plans. Under these conditions, Spain was gaining sympathy among several member countries of the UN.[1][2][3][4] In January 1950, the American newspaper The New York Times published a letter of the Secretary of State Dean Acheson in which admits that the resolution 39 has been a failure, mentioning that the government was able to support a resolution that would end both issues. However, the Francoist State continued to be condemned on the grounds that the policy pursued had been erroneous, but not in the moral condemnation of Franco's reign, which explains why the United States has excluded Spain from the Marshall Plan and has not been invited to join NATO.[5]