MILITARY AND NAVAL INFORMATION: MACAO

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an expeditionary force comprised of about 700
:.Ln known as the 93atalhao de Cacadores .to forte" arrived on
cs ;'Lour?nco r argues" ;n I'acao. (This unit with its equip-
?, 2 Was previously reported as 719 men who disembarked on 1
u1y This battalion is said to be a famous
?ortuguese unit from northern Portugal, the soldiers being mostly
rnrmer farm laborers from the mountainous region of northern
*ortugat, It was reported that just before the Japanese surrender
In 1945 when Portugal was expected to declare war on the Japanese
;ems troops were stationed aboard the "Laurenco I1tarquesT? and
were to attack Portuguese Timor, which at that time was in the
.anus of the Japanese. The battalion was not sent back to Port-
ugel but diverted to I acao, apparently upon the request of the
i t 1tish who were having difficulties in Hongkong with the Chinese.
f"4e. troops are quartered in the barracks Rua da San Francisco
mod in houses near the barracks. Some of their equipment includes
;ren runs. some modern trucks, and -bout a dozen tanks. These
tanks are of the oven type and unfit for any street fighting, since
thcy could easily be knocked out by hand grenades and sharpshooters
located on roof tops or in the upper stories of buildings. These
tanks were primarily to be used in Timor where the open type would
be most desirable,. A 1"rge amount of ammunition was lost during the
voyage of the "Laurenco Marques" when a fire broke out aboard the
ship and a part of the ammunition had to be thrown overboard.
one source stated that these troops had an unusual amount of grena6os
and explosives and that recently the utmost security has teen main-
.;wined In the military establishments in 1?acao. No one except the
soldiers themselves are being permitted entry into any of the
military compounds.
The commander of the l3atalhao de Cacadores do Norte Is Ten.
C-oronc:l (Lt. Col.) Anibal Tarrinho. The battalion is divided into
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a. Sub-unidade n+- Chavee or 2a. Companhia do Caca1ores. This
1.4 an infantry unit coniianded by Capi tao Jose Joaquin Cape) a.
Hoc:_- Chaves is a city in northern Portugal.)
L roripanhia Auto T. T. This i.a a tank and motorized unit
%-C)rnanued by Capitao Gois Pinto.
Besides the Bat?athar do Cacadores do _lorto. there is a small
artillery unit of about forty Lien of the forcer ;arrison stationed
at t.le old fort. rhich was :morn as T'-onto ?ort. Actually this unit
I S of no iuportance an:.; has nuvor takon part In parades or in any
riltitary functions. There arc at;;o about 1.00 :e,ro troops Iron
~'oia abique tiho have their oim quarters on Colotan Isla d. Dwain-
Au, ust - September 1046, 400 _Te-ro troops fro,-: Ti or, deccribo,' as
lazy and cot:ral etol y unrcliabl e, r: ere roturncd to Tiiioy {
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b. Since there has been a constant f1ov of lritish troops froze '*ongkon^
into "acsu ::here they s_)end their leaven, the problem of bad relation-
chips has arisen between th- British anC. Portuguese troops. The
Portuguese troops c:isliue the British tro:.so and openly call twos
"Beefe", iae:::nin-; beefsteak. During a football uc,-io betrrecn a British
teau fro. _'onglton; and the ;atalhao tort:-,- on 2,5 Octob _r, the Portu_,ueee
te:.au playo( an intentionally roc-f,__ gaze, v th the Pobtu:,-uese express-
in, much pleasure whene er a J3ritisher eras knocked do::m or injured.
Fl;ht: botcreen Portuguese and British aoldiors became so frequent in
t_he cabaret of the Central lIotel that the management Gas compelled to
char-e tho servi cer.ien an entrance fee in order to keep the ma jori ty
of them acfay .
6. The Aviso "Alfonso Albuquerque" , a Portu''uese t a.r ship commanded by
Co-)itao-tenente Jose Salvador ;'endes, is nor in '`acao harbor. The
shi-3 is reported to have very modern equ ipment, some radar -car, and
a crew of 350.
7. The personnel of th^ h rbor office, maritine police, pilots, and
other naritir:o services ("Cervicos de ""arinha") totals about 400 men.
The r-aoao police force totals 430 Portu._ueae and' about 1100 Chinese
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