Miniskirts on the Gran Via? Bikinis on the beaches? Student protests in the universities? An increasingly outspoken press? To many Spaniards, these outward and visible evidences of an inward and spiritual change in the nation's life came as welcome relief from the all-pervasive greyness that had characterized the rule of Generalissimo Francisco Franco ever since he was named Chief of State in 1939. The five-year experiment with liberalization, however, had horrified the archconservative military, and they made little secret of their concern. Two weeks ago, alarmed by student violence in Madrid and Barcelona, Franco declared an official state...
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