PLOT DISCOVERED
REVOLT IN PORTUGAL LEFT-WING MOVEMENT LISBON, Apl. 20. Lieutenant-colonel Santos Costa, Minister of War, announced that the Government had discovered a plot by a • certain army garrison in Central Portugal to organise a revolt and overthrow the present regime. Costa added that 20 army planes were sabotaged on April 10. The police made' numerous arrests, and deported a number of Lisbon dock strikers, and also arrested certain known Opposition members, including university students belonging to the junior branch of the “ Democratic Movement Union, which is officially described as “Mos-cow-inspired.” It was later revealed that the attempt to overthrow the present regime was a Left Wing movement, led by a captain who had been cashiered. The rebels attempted to persuade the personnel of several military establishments to join the revolt.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19470422.2.83
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 26442, 22 April 1947, Page 8
Word Count
131PLOT DISCOVERED Otago Daily Times, Issue 26442, 22 April 1947, Page 8
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in