Word: monarchistic
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...will be able both to maintain its own interests and preserve order on Franco's death. Franco envisages Munoz Grandes, who suffers from both ulcers and heart trouble, not as the future chief of state but only as the head of a caretaker government backed by the strongly monarchist army. "If Franco should die or suddenly fall ill," explained one Franco aide, "Munoz Grandes will be at the head of the government dignitaries waiting at the airport to greet either Don Juan or his son, Prince Juan Carlos-whichever the regime chooses as successor." Should a mishap befall Franco...
...best chance and with most at stake in the outcome is a 6-ft. 3-in. blueblood who has not lived in Spain for 31 years. He is Don Juan de Borbon y Battenberg, 49, Count of Barcelona and Pretender to the Spanish throne, which he and his monarchist supporters are certain will be restored when Franco goes. Until that happens, he can only wait restlessly in self-imposed exile at Estoril, Portugal's glittering resort, or take the handsome yacht Saltillo for endless cruises in the Mediterranean-an embodiment of his country's impatience, and a symbol...
...situation as a football match, he comments cheerily to visitors. The whole matter, he adds, has been "exaggerated." But he speaks more freely in private. When aides keep assuring him that all important factions in Spain are for him. he will mutter: "If everybody's so monarchist, then why the hell am I in Estoril?" New Middle Class. Whoever runs Spain next will inherit a country slowly, painfully outgrowing the isolation and poverty of centuries. In old Castile, land of santos y cantos (saints and songs), village steeples are inhabited by storks, the near-sacred birds of Spain, standing...
Many groups in the Catholic Church are also deeply monarchist; so are the officers of the army, who are likely to be in complete command of Spain if Franco should suddenly die or be swept from office. Their role would then depend on the situation. In case of threatened civil strife, the army's determined leaders will undoubtedly form a military dictatorship to keep order. Otherwise, they will probably favor the monarchy...
...anti-Franco underground, arresting dozens. Then, at the Madrid airport, Franco's agents grabbed two prominent Spaniards as they returned from a widely publicized conference of opposition leaders in Munich. Economist Dr. Jesus Prados Arrarte is expected to do a three-month stretch in the isolated Canary Islands; Monarchist Joaquin de Satrustegui will doubtless receive similar punishment. For those still out of jail, Franco's new residence decree would be equally effective...