FOLLOWING, MEMORANDUM ON QUADROS' RESIGNATION 25 AUGUST 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959014
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 25, 1961

ra,?!rarh. Ii A Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04: CIA-RDP79T00936A000200110002-1 50X1 1,A1 6)(1-5 M CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN WASHINGTON 25, D. C. k.....__OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 'N) 25 August 1961 ORANIDtJM ON UA1:ROS BJSXGNATIONZ PRE, pAQeo .3'] 1. Quadros1 attentions to the Che Guevara and Gagarin, and more generally his manifest tendencies to draw closer to the Bloc, have aroused strong expressions of disapproval from the Army and from conservative elements in Brazil. We think t it likely that he resigned in the expectation of provoking a strong manifestation of popular support, in response to which he would return to office in a better position against his opponents. (Fidel Castro resigned once for this purpose, and Peron-Wire-than once.) Although the higher ranks of the Army dislike Quadros, they would probably not block his return M such circumstances. 2. If c.luadros does not come back, we believe that the next government will follow conservative though nationalist policies, because the Army will not tolerate anything else. 3. Vice President Gold t, the constitutional successor, had just left by sea from Communist China, and will not be on hand for at least a few days. He is strongly leftist, and the Army would be unlikely to allow him to exert real control of Brazilian policy. 4. The possibility of trouble in Brazil, due to Quadrosc flirtation with the Bloc and his tendency to hasty and dramatic action, has been recognized for some time; Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000200110002-1 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000200110002-1oxi Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000200110002-1 50X1