COMMUNISM IN THE BRAZILIAN ARMED FORCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009200110002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTM- MaWE11 MA 1 -I "REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY Brazil
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SUBJECT Communism in the Brazilian Armed Forces
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2. Olavo had discussed the question of the l vista do Clube riilitar(l) with
the latter group and stated that all believed that, the pro-Communist offi-
cers who elected liar Minister Newton ,stillac Leal president of the club
would be victorious in the Bevista controversy, This group of Army offi-
cials is working hard, with the apparent sympathy of General heal, for
the passage of the Amnesty iaw(h), which would provide amnesty and all
senority rights for military personnel who were dismissed from the Army
for their political beliefs (i.e., Communism) after the 1935 Communist
revolution. 01avo was quoted as having added that the Revista controversy
had been exploited by the enemies of Communism, but that General Leal's
group, whom he called the patriots of 1rester, was well entrenched and
realized that a victory in the Amnesty Law issue would force the passage
of other laws favorable to the Communists.
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In early October two meetings of Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) members
were held in the State of ilinas Gerais to discuss Communist activities in
the Clubs Miil.itar and in the armed forces(l)0 The first of these meetings
was held in Juiz de Fora in the office of r'arty leader Tomaz Bernardino (2).
Among those present was a Communist named Olavo(3), who had Just returned
from Rio and who reported on his conversations with important Communists
and with several active and reserve Army officials.
Olavo stated that in order to create confusion, the Communist press was
going to publish a series of attacks on General Leal, but that Party mem-
bers tht3mselves should not take this seriously since the General was
favorably considered by the PCBs
,. At the other. Communist meeting, which was also held in Juiz d9 Fora at
the home of State Party leader Milton Fernandes(S), a speech was made by
Jacy Pacheco., who reported that the Minister of War was consulting the
other ministers and various Array officers concerning the Amnesty Law, and
that it was hoped that complete and unrestricted ei:anesty would be granted.
After another Communist in attendance, iteg:innldo Guimaraes, had called
attention to a recent attack on General Leal published by a Party news-
paper in Sao Paulo, .Pacheco explained that this was merely a means of
creating confusion and that the PCB National Committee had ordered that
the War Minister be attacked by some Communist news organs and defended
by others.
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