7. Reaction

The tension were not limited to the streets and Spanish church. Was reigning certain discomfort also in the army by have been elected as white of the popular dissatisfaction to the pedírsele their/its/your/his collaboration to solve the problems that, according to the soldiers, they had been caused by the incompetence of the politicians. The discomfort of the officers body were expressed through the accusation against all the traditional enemies of the Franc regime - - students, worker, red and intellectual cures - -, but, of very meaningful way, were directed also against the technocrats of the Opus Dei of the Government, whose liberalization tibia was considered responsible of the deterioration of the situation.

Given the condition of the army as poor relation of the regime, the officers, that had low pays and slow ascent, was resented before the showy life style of the technocrats. Their/its/your/his instinctive resentment found moral justification during the scandal Matesa. In their/its feelings on the Opus Dei and on the farce of the judgement of Burgos were fully according to the búnker. 14 of December, a group of colonels and general, directed by the general captain of the I Military Region, Joaquín Fernández of Córdoba, were gathered covertly in the I geld of shot of Carabanchel to try to the situation, arriving to the conclusion of the fact that debería tolerated no other demonstration of the opposition and was shipped a delegation to El Pardo to inform Exempt.

The consequence was an extraordinary meeting of the Ministers Council, summoned by Exempt. With Brave López and López Rolled absent, an enthusiastic majority urged Exempt so that give satisfación to the army and crushed the agitation. It was discontinued the habeas corpus by six months. The victory of the ultra opened the road to a contraofensiva massive of the regime. Ironically, all this did not made but reveal more clearly the growing dissent in the bosom of the franquismo.

16 and 17 of December were produced bulk demonstrations in favor of Exempt, organized in Burgos and in Madrid. The demonstrators, originating from the Castilian rural means, they were inserted in buses and was you/them given the pay of a day and some sandwiches. The organization of the national affirmation day was accomplished by a committee, gathered hurriedly, compound by the hard of the regime, old shirts, official of the Army and ministers displaced in their/its/your/his day by the technocrats of the Opus. Thus since, the phrases and slogans of the demonstrators were destined to insult to the Opus Dei, to the weak Governments and to Juan Carlos, as well as to defend to Exempt of the reds, of the workers, of the ETA and of the foreign Governments. Throughout the following week there was a series of demonstrations directed from up and a formidable press campaign. Given the renewed gravity of the repression, the opposition preferred to stay silent.

White Teamster was hurried to demonstrate that had not been splashed by the liberalism of the Opus Dei. In a speech in the Courts, 21 of December, apportioned all kinds of praises to the army and promised that would take severe measures. The determination of reconquering the area lost during the judgement of Burgos remained reflected in the judgments. The colonel Ordovás had been in touch with the general Fernández of Córdoba. The general García Rebull, general captain of the I SAW military Region, had received the numerous delegations visit of officers that were requesting to him/her/you to impose a hard line. Consequently, the judgments announced 28 of December with difficulty they could be harder. The six death judgments requested from the principle were confirmed and, furthermore, other three accuses were found guilty of two capital offenses each one and they were, by so much, condemned to two death penalties. In total there were nine death judgments, five hundred nineteen jail and fine years in the amount of 1.500.000 pesetas.

Before a massive international campaign, Exempt announced that was agreing the pardon. This, without doubt, had been decided beforehand, due to the Federal Germany pressures. In their/its/your/his traditional end speech of year, Exempt made to know that, before the enormous favorable plebiscite to the regime, the clemency was remaining justified, but also was left of accustomed what is upon praising to the army by their/its/your/his patriotism, by have approved the judgments. In a matter that put of I manifest clearly the rivalry among the Opus Dei and the hard of the regime, Exempt was a qualified umpire, soothed to the búnker with some ferocious penalties and to the aperturistas with the pardons. As own era of their/its/your/his style, punished some official that they had spoken too openly against the Opus, but rewarded to other, as García Rebull, that obtained the I Military Region, and Carlos Hoary Iniesta, that it was appointed directing of the Civil Custody.