 Zamanillo – who in protest against the unification resigned his position in 1937 – at some point in the early 1940s re-assumed the duties of Delegado Nacional de Requetés.At least in areas of high Carlist militancy Juntas Regionales included a Requeté delegate and in regions like Navarre or Catalonia many loose requeté cells operated locally.National party leadership tried to reorganize the network; in the ambience of disintegration and bewilderment, they were anxious to ensure Requeté loyalty to the command chain or even to turn it into the party's backbone.