Why did Franco, the president of Spain, decide that after his death the monarchy should be restored?

sequoianoir

In a reference to the Olympic movement and corruption: The corruption reached truly Olympic proportions under the guidance of one man, who transformed the modern Olympic movement into an endless and scandalous charade. He is Juan Antonio Samaranch, who headed the IOC for twenty years until his retirement in 2000. Samaranch had spent some time as a toady of Spanish Caudillo Francisco Franco early in his life – Franco, like many of history’s truly towering figures, managed to attract a lot of third-raters as hangers-on. Franco himself was truly an accomplished man – after all, he saved Spain from communism, drove Adolf Hitler nuts, and ran a tight ship for forty years, bringing Spain fully into Europe before his death in 1975. He was also incorruptible, and had sound political instincts. During the 1950s, he told Eisenhower’s personal emissary, the future ambassador Vernon Walters, that he had no plans for successors (answering the question that Walters said he was afraid to put so bluntly), but that he would promise Eisenhower three things: a Spain with a restored monarchy, a strong middle class, and a military that would be subject to the civilian government by the time he died. He delivered on all three. http://www.lewrockwell.com/manion/manion27.html Jan 15 04, 1:02 PM