Main content
The Plot To Kill Franco
The 18-year-old Scottish anarchist who was part of an anti-Franco group in London in the early 1960s and who smuggled explosives into Spain as part of a plot to kill General Franco.
In 1964 an 18-year-old Scottish anarchist was part of an anti-Franco group in London. He smuggled explosives into Spain in a plot to kill General Franco.
Stuart Christie, who is now in his sixties, 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.
Last on
Sat 11 Aug 2012
18:50GMT
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
More episodes
Previous
Broadcasts
- Fri 10 Aug 2012 08:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Fri 10 Aug 2012 15:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Sat 11 Aug 2012 02:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Sat 11 Aug 2012 18:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
Featured in...
Archive 2012—Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
Podcast
-
Witness History
History as told by the people who were there