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Portugal experienced a major internal strife between pro and anti-communist groups just after the Carnation Revolution in 1974 until the completion of the Portuguese transition to democracy in 1976.....
Imagine that Portugal goes under a "democratic and popular" government during the Hot Summer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_transition_to_democracy#The_transition_to_civilian_rule) of 1975, with a pro-Soviet government assuming power in Lisbon...what would be the reaction of the U.S, Nato, Spain, Soviet Union and what changes a Red Portugal would provoke in Western Europe....