Precedents and History
The first Spanish intelligence service was created in 1935, in a short-lived experience with an almost null activity, due to the Spanish Civil War paralyzing its development. Student revolts by the end of the 1960s decade motivated the creation of a National Countersubversive Organization, which was the seed for the Servicio Central de Documentación, (SECED), founded in 1972. The Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa, CESID, was formed between 1976 and 1977, from the fusion of the SECED and the High Staff of the Army Information Service (Spanish: Servicio de Información del Alto Estado Mayor (SIAEM))
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