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...Madrid's post-putsch euphoria has faded fast...
...come now," said Gonzalez, "and the warning light has been lit." But, once again, Calvo-Sotelo rejected the offer, evidently out of fear that such a coalition would be too left of center for the military to tolerate. Despite the failed coup, the military's clout in Madrid remains as great as ever...
...thing that seemed certain was the Spanish people's overwhelming belief in democracy and their joy at its deliverance. At week's end, millions filled the streets in nationwide demonstrations that were endorsed by all the major political parties. Nearly one-fourth of Madrid's population marched from Glorieta de Embajadores toward the Plaza de las Cortes. The festive mood was only slightly marred when ultrarightists set off three harmless bombs along the parade route. This time, at least, they were only a rude and futile gesture that hardly interrupted the chants of "Liberty, democracy...
...before he was murdered by Franco sympathizers at the beginning of the Civil War, the paramilitary Guardia Civil was already a widely feared institution in Spain. Since its formation in 1844 during the Bourbon monarchy, the corps had been the efficient internal security force of the central government in Madrid. Under Franco, it became part of the dictatorship's apparatus of repression. For many Spaniards, the gray-green uniform and the black patent-leather cap remain symbols of reaction and oppression. Thus hardly anyone in Spain was surprised last week when the coup attempt turned out to be spearheaded...
...hard line quickly made him the darling of the extreme right, but he could not have taken the Cortes without the Guardia Civil's willingness to follow orders-any orders. As it turned out, that no-questions-asked discipline showed up on both sides of the conflict in Madrid. Outside the parliament, hundreds of Guardias loyal to the government helped arrest their 200 comrades who were in the raiding force, some of whom insisted they had been told that they were going to rescue legislators who had been kidnaped by terrorists...