POLITICAL SITUATION IN STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000390011-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 29, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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9 SUBJECT Political Situation in' State of Rio Grande do Sul
ORIGIN
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not --- -L-'-'---- r/a V VC4icAAU UJUVI'V 1$ a symptom of impending disorders but rather the normal condi Lion of
"gaucho" polities,
2. Communism is found to be the weakest force on the political horizon. The
few Communist gatherings are usually held in the offices of the TrILIMI
Germs which paper is itself in such difficult financial. straits that it
is likely to cease publication ehortlya.
3, The strongest current is, as might be expected in the home state of Gatulio
Vargas, the "Queremists" (pro-Vargas' moventent. It is snticl.pated that the
Queremistas will conduct an extensive campaign against President Dutras
but it is unlikely that they wil.1 attempt any sudden thrust against the
state government of Walter Jobim,
Job-'.m and his Partido Social Democratico-Pa.r-i ido de
presentacao Popular supporters in the legislature are outnumbered 20 to
32 by the fartido Traba'Lhista Brasileiro, Partido Libertadgr, Ilniao D moM.
cratica Naciona.1, and Partido Comunista do Brasil le ; .slators,
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