Overview
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s cabinet approved the declassification and said the files will be posted on the government’s website starting Wednesday.
- The government described the batch as 153 document units comprising all the material found and said their release poses no security risk.
- The volume is small compared with roughly 13,000 pages from the coup trials already available, leading historians to expect limited new insights.
- On February 23, 1981, Guardia Civil lieutenant Antonio Tejero led armed officers into parliament; the next morning the king ordered troops back to barracks, a move credited with ending the coup.
- The decision renews focus on reforming the Franco‑era secrecy framework, with a stalled bill proposing time‑limited classifications highlighted by commentators and officials.