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Priest
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Franco came in here
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with great violence.
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He appointed very competent
civil governors.
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But for the people, whether
communists or nationalists,
:26:18
they were the devil himself.
:26:20
The PNValways was
an ultra-Catholic party
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and it still is, with good results.
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ETA has always been secular,
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but it has produced a new religion,
that of the homeland.
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We spoke to the PNV.
They didn't understand us.
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The time came
when there was a split.
:26:44
Professor of Psychology. Franciscan
:26:49
And here the story with ETA
starts again.
:26:52
It's a tragedy
on a collective level.
:26:56
This violence is the greatest
frustration of the Basque people.
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Let's look at culture first.
:27:05
The enemy reacted strongly,
harshly.
:27:08
They couldn't tolerate
any cultural activity.
:27:11
Immediately, a section,
I don't know how large,
:27:14
of the clergy
in Guipuzcoa and Vizcaya,
:27:16
and parishioners too,
sympathized with ETA.
:27:20
The enemy's reaction was out
of proportion. We were persecuted.
:27:24
That forced us to move on
to the political phase.
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They helped organize meetings.
They provided sacristies
:27:30
and retreat houses
where they could meetings.
:27:35
Then the first interrogations began,
:27:38
the first beatings,
the first signs of torture,
:27:42
and that forced us to move on
to the final, military phase.
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In December 1973,
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ETA assassinated
Admiral Carrero Blanco,
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recently chosen by Franco
to be his successor.