Word: francos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lieut. General Camilo Alonso Vega, 76, Minister of the Interior and police boss. Known as "Don Ca-mulo" because of his mulish resistance to change, the white-haired former commander of the Guardia Civil is Franco's strong right arm. He can be counted on to put down trouble wherever it breaks...
...Franco's busiest day is Friday, when he meets his Cabinet. The sessions have become legendary. They begin at 9 a.m., usually last well past midnight, with an hour's break for lunch. No smoking is permitted, no water provided. The only concession to mortal weakness is a small silver tray of fruit candy at each place around the long oak conference table. But as the day wears on, one minister after another will catch Franco's eye, get his nodded permission to be excused, and tiptoe out of the room for a cigarette or a trip...
...seldom even speaks. Seated in his high-backed chair at the head of the table, the Caudillo allows his ministers to do most of the talking, cuts in only to ask a question, change the subject-or announce his decision. There is no nonsense about majority rule in Franco's Cabinet. The only vote that counts is Franco...
...Captain General Agustin Muñoz Grandes, 69, Franco's oldest comrade in arms and the man who, as Vice President of the Spanish state, will take over interim power at Franco's death. Commander of Spain's Blue Division, which fought against the Russians on Hitler's eastern front, Armed Forces Chief Muñoz Grandes is now ailing, lives quietly with his wife in a small apartment in Madrid, avoids publicity...
...Laureano López Rodó, 45, Planning Minister and development boss. So soft-spoken that he appears almost self-effacing, López Rodó is known as Franco's eminence grise - partly because everything about him, including his hair, suit, socks, tie and personality, seems grey. The appearance is deceiving. Son of a Catalan industrialist, he spent much of the civil war as an under ground Nationalist agent (code number: 711) in Republican Barcelona, went on to become Spain's youngest law professor, at 25, and an international authority on public administration. He is an avid...