INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-551-4-35-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2009
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: September 29, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO C ONr'nUCT FfLLOW+*!.NP EXAMZNATZONR (IF AHOUT !!TW SOLDIERS TO
WHOM IT GAVE LSD* HOT A SpinKF$MAN OISCL.4$iE:O YESTERDAY THAT
THE SEPVICE IAA NOT YET TRW TO REACH ANY OF THE MEN. (A-*
JOHN nR6A! REPORTS FROM M.AORTO THAT V,TOL'FNT PROTF:3TS OVER
THE EXF"C'iT?O OF FIVE ANTIGOVERNMENT TE1 RORISTS DURING
THE WEFKEhP? MAY HERALD FURTHER RADICALIZATION OF SPAIN AS
GENERAL,LSSTMO FRANCISCO FRANtO 1?EEUSEO TO LOOSFN HISS TIGHT
GRIP ON THE COUNTRY? (Aw},1
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TUGUESF rg0VERNME,NT OF MODERATE OUTLOOK ANC DEMNnCRATIC INTENT
AROUSE$ FKE3H HOPL THAT THE COUNT tY WILL JOIN THE MAINSTREAM
OF -FTLRN EOROPF. THE NEW t;OVERNMkNT FACES 5I.I9STANTXAL
LAW!r-AIdC'wOR ER CHALL_ENiFSO POSED BY EXTREMISTS nF THE.
RIGHT AND LEFT AND THE ILLFCrAL INROADS MA.OE F+Y MILITANT
COMMUNTSTS TO TAKE OVER TRAOE UNIONS ANU COMMUNICATIONS,
"UT PORTUGAL HAS A WFTTER CHANCE NOW TO ACHIEVE DEMOCRACY
AND A RE,ASOMARLF LI'FE FOR ITS t,ONG-SUFF"ERIN6 CITIZENS, THE
LITTLE NATION, WHICH ,MAY REMAIN A FAITHFUL NATO ALLY FOR
YEARS TO COMFY OFSFWVE$ AMF'RTCAM HELP 1U BRING THIS A$OUT,
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