▁elected ▁secretary - general ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Catholic ▁Stud ents ▁Confeder ation . ▁After ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁broke ▁out ▁he ▁was ▁imprison ed ▁several ▁times , ▁but ▁finally ▁released ▁he ▁sought ▁as yl um ▁at ▁the ▁Pan aman ian ▁emb ass y , ▁and ▁thus ▁he ▁was ▁ev acu ated ▁to ▁Marse illes ▁via ▁Val encia . ▁Then , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁National ist ▁Army ▁and ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁Seg ov ia , ▁Ter uel ▁and ▁Ma estra z go . ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁he ▁graduated ▁in ▁Arts ▁and ▁held ▁a ▁doctor ate ▁in ▁Law . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁council or ▁at ▁the ▁Madrid ▁city ▁council ▁and ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁Law ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Madrid . ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁P ax ▁Rom ana ▁organization ▁between ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁He ▁collabor ated ▁act ively ▁in ▁the ▁re da ction ▁of ▁the ▁Fu ero ▁de ▁los ▁Españ oles , ▁i . e . ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁bill ▁of ▁rights ▁prom ul g ated ▁by ▁Franco ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁His pan ic ▁Culture ▁Institute ▁( 1 9 4 6 - 1 9 4 8 ) ▁and ▁amb assador ▁to ▁the ▁Holy ▁See ▁( 1 9 4 8 - 1 9 5 1 ), ▁where ▁he ▁negoti ated ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁Con cord at . ▁ ▁From ▁Franco ist ▁minister ▁to ▁Christian