He had no particular ideas, other than to safeguard his brother’s power. Nicolás had been a competent naval engineer, but in government he quickly morphed into a self-indulgent bureaucrat. There was little in the way of political development, however, such matters remaining in the inexperienced hands of Franco’s brother Nicolás, head of the general secretariat of the chief of state. Politics had been proscribed, with all the rightist forces supporting the new regime, and only the Falange- Spain’s original “fascist” movement-engaged in proselytism, though it was careful not to get in the way of military administration. During his first months in power, Franco concentrated on military affairs and diplomatic relations.
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