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- ↑ Saz, Ismael (2004). Fascismo y franquismo. Universitat de València. p. 133.
- ↑ Ferrer, Melchor . Historia del tradicionalismo español, tomo XXX, vol. II. Editorial Católica Española, S.A. p. 146.
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