my First Scoop

Santiago Carrillo: Seven Hours with a Communist — It was a Sunday morning in the banlieue sud of Paris.

Carrillo and Carmen received me warmly. Spanish food on the table. French wine. Family albums — their children, photos of an ordinary Parisian life in exile.

What he told me about returning to Spain was explosive. He had already been to Barcelona — walking along Las Ramblas in disguise, wearing a wig. The Spanish police never caught him.

Seven hours with Carrillo. The historic leader of Spain’s Communist Party, never stopped smoking.

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My First Scoop — Carrillo: “Preparo mi regreso a España” · Diario de Barcelona. July 29, 1976.