 Finland was under the "Soviet Union's" military sphere of influence (see FCMA treaty) but remained neutral and was not communist, nor was it a member of the Warsaw Pact or Comecon but a member of the EFTA since 1986, and was west of the Iron Curtain.In 1955, when Austria again became a fully independent republic, it did so under the condition that it remain neutral; but as a country to the west of the Iron Curtain, it was in the "United States"' sphere of influence.Spain did not join the NATO until 1982, seven years after the death of the authoritarian Franco.