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    "ocrText": "for the creation of a widely based, widely supported government which could replace\nthe Franco regime in the event that the Army were induced to withdraw its allegiance\nfrom el Caudillo.\nThe peaceful assumption of power by such a government cannot be expected, how-\never, until a sincere meeting of minds between moderates of the Right and Left is\nachieved and until some change in the present situation occurs which would lead the\nArmy to support a transfer of authority from Franco to a moderate government. Once\nin office, a centrist government could not fulfill the promise of long-term stability\nunless it received economic aid and political encouragement from abroad. In the\nmeantime, unless the opposition unites, and unless the Army is persuaded of the\nadvantage of switching its allegiance to the opposition, the Franco regime will continue\nto rule by default.\nSECRET\n2"
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