 As internal crisis climaxed, in the mid-1950s Fal was forced into resignation and Vasco-Navarros suggested that Larramendi be appointed to Secretariado Político, a freshly created body supposed to assist a new leader, José María Valiente.The plan was to push hard with the royal claim of Don Javier, but it backfired; it turned out that the new party executive was dominated by supporters of replacing intransigence with a collaborationist offer to Franco.When the new Secretariat addressed Falange with proposal of a joint action, Larramendi resigned.