It is obvious that the glorious day of July, 18, 1936 [Franco's coup d'état] was one of the nicest political and social movements that the world remembers. Historians shall admit that the most and best part of the country was the one who raised against the government, illegal and corrupt, who was preparing the darkest red revolution from the power.

in 1949

https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/espana/manuel-fr...[elmundo.es]