COMMUNIST CONNECTIONS WITH THE CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION IN SAO PAULO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001400800008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 20, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Est Ocmi*otdcne with the Current Political NO. OF PAGES
situation in Sao PRUla
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DATE Di TR.20 April 1948
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1. The Co mists in Sao Paulo an reported to be -.Ding to take up aura in
deN s of the antansW of the state so as to acquire arms s2+ege23y.' which
tba r will later . to assume control of the State. - For this reason they
are za ' to support Governor do Sarrou against President Datra, in spite
of their diahilas of the Gcvoraor.
2. It Us ban x *ported that on 26 March 3,948 the Governor sent an ee ieaar3r to
Milton Naives do Urito, a Com nniet leader in Sao P'e62*, in an attempt to
es s his stgrport in the struggle for auutom . Brito refused to on the
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~ QiSri c: it is to be noted that Brito and seysral eipgatories of a
Oaeaa.4st px*oclanetion opposing Federal intervention in aao Paulo were arrested
co 31 March 194 , shortly after the Minister of War visited rao Paulo and hold
langt1W dissuasions with the Governor.
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