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...Communist.' " Until recently, the north regarded the military as heroes for triggering last year's revolution. Now an increasing number of the area's inhabitants mutter bitterly, as did a mechanic in Benedita, that "the M.F.A. gives every thing to the Communists." The military leaders in Lisbon cannot long ignore such disillusionment. It was, after all, the north's dissatisfaction with the Portuguese Republic that led to the 1926 "March on Lisbon," resulting in Antonio Salazar's takeover two years later...
Gold Bug. Lisbon's foreign earnings have been badly hurt by the drastic drop in tourism. Germans, Britons and Americans who once flocked to the sandy beaches of Cascais and the Algarve have been frightened off by the political turmoil. Now falling at the rate of $100 million per month, Portugal's foreign-currency reserves will be exhausted by the end of the year. Although Lisbon could then draw upon its huge gold stocks-worth $5 billion at current market prices, making it the eighth largest hoard in the world-any significant sale of bullion would likely...
...consumers and investors by developing an economic policy that might lead to stability, the government has been attacking unnamed foreigners for organizing a phantom "economic boycott." Although the Common Market has delayed granting Portugal aid and trade concessions, Washington -despite its worries about the present regime-has supplied Lisbon with $15 million...
...Portuguese officials estimated that 300 had died and 1,000 had been wounded in six days of heavy fighting. So far, more than 3,000 people have been killed since Portugal announced last year that it would grant independence to Angola. The largest and richest of Lisbon's African territories and the only one still to be freed, Angola is due to become independent in November following elections to choose a representative government...
...government in Lisbon, which in the past has generally favored the M.P.L.A., was not anxious to get involved. But last week in an emergency meeting, Lisbon's Revolutionary Council agreed to send 2,000 reinforcements to beef up its 24,000 troops still in the territory. At the same tune, Portuguese Foreign Minister Ernesto Melo Antunes flew to Luanda to plead for peace...