The Plot to Kill Franco
Witness History: Archive 2014 - A podcast by BBC World Service
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In August 1964 Stuart Christie, an 18-year-old Scottish anarchist, smuggled explosives into Spain in a plot to kill General Franco. Now in his 60s, Christie recalls his clandestine journey across Europe, the secret signals and passwords he used, and his eventual arrest by Franco's secret police. Photo: Stuart Christie, photographed by Spanish police shortly after his arrest