 Propaganda activities often led to skirmishes with FET or security forces.Already prior to 1939 most conflicts within the state party were related to requetés refusing to abandon their identity and to embrace the official national-syndicalism.During the 1940s the Falangists and groups referred as "requetés" engaged in intimidation, fist-fights, sabotaging rallies or assaults on premises; some Carlist cells proudly reported these engagements as their key activities.