There's a lot of supposition there without any information from Spanish sources to support that particular point of view.
I think in this particular situation we're going to have to agree to disagree and really, that's all okay because ultimately, you can do whatever the hell you want with your own gameworld.
However, if a Spanish sourcebook is to stand any chance of becoming an official source and take a place in the canon, then there's some aspects that must be clarified. For example, it needs to clearly state what timeline it follows in regard to the various editions of the game.
In some cases, it's going to have to follow the real world logic more than the impassioned idea that "the Spanish were afraid of the communists so would have stood hard with NATO against the Soviet Bear".
Spain was so damned Socialist that their official communist political party was a partner member of their United Left Coalition, an organization that also had a pro-Soviet political party (albeit a minor party) as one of their members.
I don't think the Spanish were afraid of communism anywhere near as much as the Americans were.
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