CIA STORY CONTINUED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70B00338R000300020010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 28, 1967
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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SUBJECT: CIA STORY CONTINUED
REFi LISBON 996
1961 FEB 2$. PM 4 30
1. CATHOLIC7MONARCHIST ?A VOZ ONLY LISBON DAILY TO PLAY
CIA QUESTION FEBRUARY 28.
2. LEADING EDITORIAL CITES CONGRESSMAN 0' HARA' S ?STATEMENT
ON CIA ASSISTANCE TO AFRO-AMERICAN INSTITUTE AND SUGGESTS CIA
CAN THEREFORE BE BLAMED FOR MAKING POSSIBLE PUBLICATION ANTI-
PORTUGUESE STORIES IN AAI'S "AFRICA REPORT MAGAZ.INE." EDITORIAL
ENDS "WE CAN ONLY CONCLUDE EXTREME-CAPITALISM-AND EXTREME'
? COMMUNISM IN MANY RESPECTS EQUIVALENT.
3. A VOE CARRIES ANI NEWS REPORT FROM MADRID INDICATING
SPANISH PRESS PLAYING' UP ALLEGED HEAVY'CIA RESPONSIBILITY FOR
CURRENT UNREST AMONG SPANISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS., (ANI ITEM
MISSING FROM OTHER PAPERS. )
4.. IN WEEKEND NEWS' REVIEW FEBRUARY 26, JOAO MOUT.INHO,
INTERNATIONAL TV COMMENTATOR, FOR NATIONAL TELEVISION, REFERRED
BRIEFLY TO CIA AFFAIR AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING NEW TO, STORY,
THAT U. S. HAD FINANCED (ON BEHALF WALL STREET INTERESTS)' CERTAIN
GROUPS IN ANGOLA AND MOZAMBIQUE. CONCERNING REPORT THAT PORTU'-.
GUESE AND SPANISH STUDENTS WERE BACKED BY IA FUNDS MOUTINHO
SAID HE COULD NOT REPEAT NOT BELIEVE ANY PORTUGUESE STUDENT
WOULD ACCEPT MONEY TO UNDERMINE HIS COUNTRY... COMMENT: IN ?
COMPARISON TO NEWSPAPER CRITICISM, -THESE COMMENTS, ARE MILD.
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~2- LISBON 1006, FEBRUARY 28, 1967
T'nIS IS MOST FORTUNATE BECAUSE OF TELEVISION'S WIDE POPULARITY
AID REACH IN PORTUGAL. MOUTINHO, WHO' WAS A RECIPIENT OF A
JOINT WHITE HOUSE-STATE ASIA-DEFENSE GRANT RECENTLY ENABLING
HIM VISIT U ?5. AND VIET-NAM, WROTE AN 'EXCELLENT SERIES OF TEN'
-NEWSPAPER ARTICLES BASED ON FIRST-HAND OBSERVATIONS IN VIET-
NAM, WHICH WERE 'FAVORABLE TO U. S. POINT OF VIEW?
g, COMMENT: UNLESS STARTLING NEW REVELATIONS SHOULD BE
FORTHCOMING, CIA STORY IS HOPEFULLY SLACKING OFF'o 'HOWEVER,
PAST EXPERIENCE INDICATES INCIDENTS WHICH CAN BE CONSTRUED TO
SHOW ANTI PORTUGUESE ACTIVITY, SUCH AS ALLEGED SUPPORT OF
NATIONALIST AFRICAN GROUPS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. CASE IN.POINT
IS FORD FOUNDATION HELP TO FRELIM'O' CONTROLLED' PRESS. CAN,`
BE EXPECTED RESUME STORY IF AND WHEN GOP DEEMS IT USEFUL.
GP-S BENNETT
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