Revista Time: Portugal e a ameaça vermelha

Na imagem, da Esq. Para a Dir.: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho; Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves; Francisco da Costa Gomes;














“(…)The troika of generals that has just assumed unlimited power in Lisbon could well transform Portugal into Western Europe's first Communist nation. It might be an orthodox Marxist state, as envisaged by one of the Continent's few remaining Stalinist Communist Party bosses, Alvaro Cunhal. It might also evolve into a different kind of radically leftist society, borrowing inspiration from Fidel Castro's Cuba, Houari Boumedienne's Algeria and Mao's China. Either way, the Red threat in Portugal vitally affects the political stability of the western Mediterranean and the future of the North Atlantic Alliance. For the moment, at least, Portugal's fate rests with the three generals who constitute the ruling Directory: President Francisco da Costa Gomes, Premier Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves and Internal Security Forces Commander Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho(…)”.

Extracto do artigo da capa da revista Times de 11 de Agosto de 1975