DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MILITARY DIRECTORATE IN SPAIN

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200320001-7
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 27, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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1, Aceording to a nember of the CET who is in contact with General Juan
1,Wgbeder y Atioana, in early December 1946, the monarchist military men
e.re diecnesing the possibility of attemptire a coup doetat to iaetall A mine
zary directorate whicb would gown Spain in accord with the conotitution
en- IS76 and then hold elections which would have the character of a
plebiscite-. Reportedly, the idoa of forming tho directorate under the
leadership of General Alberto Castro Girona has been discarded, and It has
boon decided to put General Antonio Aranda Data at the head of it. The
none:rale who would, ilguse in it are; Alfredo nindelan nuaay; Aguatin.Mnnos
Orandes (Captain General of the Ifiret Military Region); Jove -Enrique Varela
1441ot:dee (High Cemmissioner of Spanish Morocco); Juan Vigen Suerodiaz
(Director of the Amy Esenela Superior); and. Carlos Asenzio Oabanillas
. 0';'orner Ministee of War). They are also coentiag on the participation
of Beigbeder.
2. According to the InXormant, the military mon. beileve that, through Varela
eedeatioa, thcn. will receive the support of eighty per cant of the. Army
eenerals, They are in contact with tha Cenetistas lave and Santa Maria,
entenly through Arendays secretary.
Tne (NT aeuber states taat, although the above-noationed. generals are
eaantiag on the sunnort of Beinbeder, the late e believes that an attempt
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displace Yranco by a coup d'etat would be foolnarny. According to
eetabeder, today a "Jefe4 does not have the infinence in the Army that he
eed before 196. intece the economic and political power of the Army is in
ete nende of the lower rankine officers. He thinke that the troops would not
follow a generai, ner a regineatal colonel. IA aee opinion, the loyalty to
the State of nen-commissioned offieers and offieere with and below the mak
?majOr has been leeured by the grentiag of privileges end prerogatives,
and_ ao effort to overthrow rranco enll be supported by them.
4e The eame informant states that Beigbeder is considering making arrange-
meats through which he could leave Spain, if necessary-, and go to North
erica, possibly taking refuge for a While in Tangier.
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usually well-informed Socialist etated that meetings were being held as
a December between monarchist and, republican military men with a view to
workng out a formula through welch those who fought on the Nationalist
nide in the Cevil War and the republican military men might get along
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harmoniously, Reportedly, the spokesman for the repmlaicans is a certain
Fantovas, who was aide to General Mariano Gamir Ulibarri during the Civil
War. On the monarchist side, General Asensio is in charge of maintaining
contact with the republican military men.
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