ica , ▁sett ling ▁close ▁to ▁Cu art el ▁General ▁del ▁General iss imo ▁in ▁Sal aman ca . ▁ ▁Starting ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁Carl ism ▁was ▁increasing ly ▁par al yz ed ▁by ▁its ▁unclear ▁gover ning ▁structure ▁and ▁political ▁inde c ision , ▁especially ▁when ▁corner ed ▁by ▁Franco ▁and ▁his ▁chief ▁a ide , ▁Ram ón ▁Ser rano ▁Su ñ er . ▁As ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Car list ▁executive ▁Bil ba o ▁took ▁part ▁at ▁least ▁in ▁some ▁meet ings ▁of ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 7 , ▁called ▁to ▁discuss ▁the ▁lo oming ▁threat ▁of ▁am alg am ation ▁within ▁a ▁future ▁state ▁party . ▁During ▁the ▁In su a ▁gather ing ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁ill ude ▁himself ▁that ▁a ▁new ▁regime ▁would ▁res emble ▁the ▁m ild ▁Pr imo ' s ▁dict ator ship ; ▁he ▁seemed ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁central ist , ▁anti - reg ional ist ▁design ▁advanced ▁by ▁Franco ▁and ▁war ned ▁against ▁" un ▁gobierno ▁definit ivo ▁de ▁tipo ▁fal ang ista " ▁and ▁the ▁regime ▁" f uerte , ▁dict atorial ▁y ▁ces ar ista ", ▁but ▁never theless ▁he ▁t ended ▁to ▁hes it antly ▁accept ▁the ▁un ification ▁perspective ▁against ▁the ▁in trans igent ▁fraction ▁of ▁Fal . ▁The ▁semi - reb elli ous ▁Car list ▁body , ▁Jun ta ▁Central ▁Car lista ▁de ▁Guerra ▁de ▁Navar ra , ▁purs ued ▁an ▁appe asing ▁strategy ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁assume ▁leading ▁role ▁within ▁the ▁movement ▁by ▁suggesting ▁a ▁re