"The [Civil] War is history," said Spain's Communist Party Boss Santiago Carrillo. He was addressing the party's 152-member Central Committee, which last week met on Spanish soil for the first time in 38 years. In perhaps his most daring move since becoming head of Spain's second post-Franco government nine months ago, reform-minded Premier Adolfo Suarez had legalized the Communist Party, declaring it qualified to participate in the national elections set last week for June 15.
News of the party's legalization was so unexpected that Radio Nacional's announcer actually sputtered the words of...
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