SITUATION IN PORTUGAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100090043-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 43
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: SITUATION IN PORTUGAL
SPINOI.A HAS "TAKEN OVER -ALL sPOUEC"" AS AGENCE FRANCE:-PRES:,1E
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TI-IERE: I I A S BEEN -NO CO.N I' ''lA fTON THAT PORTUGUESE PRE:SIDI-IJ'1'
REPORTED EAST NIGHT . Y
THERE ARE- A N[J11E3ER OF OTHER PRESS REPORTS., HOWEVER, SUJP-
PORT 1:NG TIIE AUK P STORY 'fllAT TllL PORTUG[1[ SE NAT:EONAL RADIO
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WEEd'1' OFF THE AIR '11MPORARILY, THAT TI-I[ RADIO STATION LEAS
OCCUPIED HY THHIROOPS-, AND THAT NO HORNING NEWSPAPERS UERL
PUBLISHED. ALL OF TIIf=SE HLASHNE::S WE RE: PROBABLY TAKEN IN
ANTT CTPATION OF VI0~.'[HCE CONNECTED EJIT1-1 TODAY `S RALLY
IN SUPPORT OF GEIJERAI_ SPINOLA. V
ALL. HTL:CTARY UN:C"I'S IN THE LISBON AREA HAVE BEEN
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