Word: giral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...combined pressures of high food prices and economic deterioration, "something" could happen to Franco's rule. What would it be? Mass revolution is the least likely. Leftist hopes for a Spanish refugee invasion from France are dreamboats. The exiled republican government of ex-pharmacy Professor José Giral carries little weight in Spain...
Spain. Next day mild, dapper José Giral, Premier of the Spanish Republican Government in exile, appeared before the Council's subcommittee on Spain to warn that Franco had 1,590,000 soldiers. Earlier in the week the U.S. had reported that Spain's "armed forces have continued their overall trend of gradual reduction in size...
After the session, Giral hurried to his limousine. He popped out when he remembered he had not said goodbye to Lange, his keenest supporter on the subcommittee. Lange said: "It was nice to have...