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Ex-Interior Minister Rodolfo Martín Villa.
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The week democracy nearly fell

With hindsight, Spain's transition to free elections after Franco's death seemed inevitable But 35 years ago the fragile process came under sustained attack from extremists Former Interior Minister Rodolfo Martín Villa remembers seven days in January 1977

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