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Though the new ruling military junta had feared trouble on May Day, the day of traditional celebration of workers' solidarity passed without mishap. Car horns in the capital honked the happy rhythm of "Spín-Spín-Spínola" to honor the head of the junta, General António de Spínola, 64, and 200,000 people jammed a soccer stadium to hear speeches by leftist leaders newly returned from exile. THANK YOU, ARMED FORCES, read one banner paraded in the stadium. The only somber note was the continued hunt for members...
...fall of the Czar. The second prominent exile to come back was Communist Alvaro Cunhal, 59, who had been living in Eastern Europe for the past 14 years, after serving 13 years in Portuguese jails. Cunhal's presence was the most tangible sign so far that the junta is sincere when it promises full freedom of expression...
...included in the provisional government Spinola will soon form to guide the country until national elections are held within the next year. "The Communist Party is ready to assume its responsibility in the present political structure," said Cunhal. "We must all remain united and work with the junta to consolidate the gains of April 25th," said Soares, who was enthusiastic after meeting Spínola. "What intellectual stature this man has," he said. "He accepted what was thrust upon him by the revolution, and he has done a great thing for his people...
...standards. Apart from a change in Africa, foreign policy will probably remain the same; and Portugal's membership in NATO will most likely still be a cornerstone of the country's military policy, with the U.S. retaining use of the invaluable airbase in the Azores. The military junta will no doubt try, as Caetano also tried, to speed economic development. It will immediately be confronted, however, with the obstacle of one of Europe's most virulent cases of inflation-a staggering 30% increase last year-and with possible opposition from the famous "100 families" that have long...
Almost like a magnet, the Bastille-like Caxias prison, which stands high on a hill southwest of Lisbon, drew huge throngs of friends and relatives of the political prisoners inside. All had been freed on orders of the junta. TIME's Martha de la Cal witnessed the scene and reported that the crowds, alternately laughing and crying, waited for 73 prisoners to walk-or be carried-out. One man had been in Caxias 21 years, but about 50 were among a group of influential leftists that had been locked up only one week before in the government...