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...invited to enter the Common Market and even join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-two bodies closed to it as long as Franco remained in power. The U.S. would like to continue a special relationship of more than two decades, enabling Washington to maintain its key air and naval bases in Spain, for which a new five-year accord has just been negotiated. No one, however, could possibly welcome a peaceful transition more than the Spaniards themselves. With memories and tales of Civil War horrors still vivid and haunting, there is nothing more feared by Spaniards-except for the terrorists...
After studying for two years at the Infantry Academy in Zaragoza, the Prince was sent for a year each to the Naval School at Marin and the Air Academy at San Javier. Armed with commissions in all three services, Juan Carlos began his civilian education at the University of Madrid in 1960. Lest he be tempted by what his father called "the tra-la-la of Madrid," however, he was cloistered once again, this time 30 miles from the capital, with a retinue of chaperons that included two dukes, three colonels and a personal chaplain...
Though he was a legend to his people, Franco was never close to them. The son of a naval paymaster, he was born in Galicia on the Atlantic coast. Franco entered the Academia de Infanteria at Toledo in 1907 at the age of 15. During the Spanish campaign against the Riffs of Morocco between 1912 and 1926 he gained a reputation for unflinching physical courage. A three-time winner of the Medal of Military Merit, Franco was promoted to Spain's youngest captain at 22, major at 23, colonel at 32, and, at 33, he became the youngest general...
...some it was the proper reaction. For others it was overreaction. Six months later, the adventure of the Mayaguez remains one of the murkiest "rescues" in American naval history. This fresh, immediate account by Roy Rowan, TIME Hong Kong bureau chief, is not likely to alter many opinions, but it manages to put the event in lucid perspective...
...Defense Department finally released its report. It confirmed that 40 high-ranking officers and Pentagon civilians visited the preserve. The department cautioned against such actions in the future, but not a single officer will be subject to disciplinary action. Among the guests: Vice Admiral W.D. Houser, deputy chief of naval operations for air warfare; Admiral John P. Weinel, former planning director for the Joint Chiefs; Nevada Democratic Senator Howard Cannon, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Tactical Air Power; and Democratic Representative Robert Legett of the House Armed Services Committee. All were in a strong position to help Northrop sell...