US involvement in the Madrid coup

I missed a Televisió de Catalunya documentary last night which examined the alleged involvement of the US (or at least the CIA) in the attempted coup of 1981. Briefly, sections of the army and paramilitary police force attempted to re-establish a form of ultra-right wing dictatorship. For one reason or another, King Juan Carlos refused to give his backing to the coup and it failed. The city of Valencia was also placed under military control.

Spanish blogger Aykela has some stuff about the coup, and the alleged conspiracy which included the US Ambassador to Madrid, Terence Todman.

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March 21, 2005 | Filed Under Politics 

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