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The execution in itself had an order and some clear objectives. From the beginning of 1951 Carrero Blanco practically occupied the government headquarters. Carrero Blanco symbolized better than anyone else the figure of "pure Francoism" and without totally linking himself to any of the Francoist tendencies, he covertly attempted to push Opus Dei into power. A man without scruples conscientiously mounted his own state within the State: he created a network of informers within the ministries, in the Army, in the Falange, and also in Opus Dei. His police managed to put themselves into all the Francoist apparatus. Thus he made himself the key element of the system and a fundamental piece of the oligarchy's political game. On the other hand, he came to be irreplaceable for his experience and capacity to manoeuvre and because nobody managed as he did to maintain the internal equilibrium of Francoism.

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[–] Rom@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Basque terrorists who killed Premier Luis Carrero Blanco of Spain last December say in a book just published that they also contemplated killing Secretary of State Kissinger at the same time.

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/26/archives/basques-book-tells-how-they-killed-spanish-premier-a-tremendous.html

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[–] iie@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

they would have saved millions of lives

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That was towards the end of the Vietnam War. Unfortunately most of the atrocities of which Kissinger was responsible had already been committed.

[–] iie@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

oh I got confused reading the post and thought the assassination was in 1951

[–] Cherufe@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago
[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

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[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago
[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

unfathomably based