Censor's cable to Defense Intelligence Agency about presidential succession plots

06/03/2024

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Censor's cable to Defense Intelligence Agency about presidential succession plots.

Collection The United States and the dictatorship: from the 1964 coup to redemocratization.

BR SP IRI USP USA CP IM JM 1969.09.07/1.

Production date:

07/09/1969.

Available in: Home - NACE CNV-Brazil /en/eua-e-ditadura/br-sp-iri-usp-eua-cp-im-jm-1969-09-07-1/. Access at: 27 Apr 25

Documents

1969.09.07_Anonimo_18hs and 10min_0_RG 84_P 72_Box 28_DEF 6 Armed Forces

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1. Identification area

Reference code

BR SP IRI USP USA CP IM JM 1969.09.07/1

Title

Censor's cable to Defense Intelligence Agency about presidential succession plots

Initial production date

07/09/1969

Final production date

07/09/1969

Level in the general structure

Item

Dimension and support: Format

PDF

Dimension and support: Documentary type

Telegram

2. Contextualization area

Origin

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

3. Content area and structure

Scope and content

Censored telegram sent to the Defense Intelligence Agency on September 7, 1969, received in copy by the Embassy in Brasília. It addresses a possible agreement reached between conspirators, involving the announcement of Siseno Sarmento as president and Albuquerque Lima as vice president. The document questions the veracity of this information. Furthermore, it contains censored passages.

Arrangement system

Collection The United States and the dictatorship (USA) | Military Junta Dossier (JM) | Political Conflicts Series (CP) | Intramilitaries (IM) Subseries

4. Access and use conditions area

Access conditions

Public

Language

English

5. Related sources area: existence and location of originals

Custodian entity of originals

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Original reference code

Folder: DEF 6 Armed Forces
Box: 28
Series: Classified Central Subject Files, 1961–1976 (P 72)
Collection: Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State (RG 84)
NARA II, College Park

Location

Washington (DC)

7. Access Points and Subject Indexing

Access point - Subjects

Coup threats | Conspiracies | Power disputes | Presidential succession

Access Point - Names

Afonso Augusto de Albuquerque Lima | Antônio Carlos da Silva Muricy | Arthur da Costa e Silva | Aurelio de Lyra Tavares | Siseno Ramos Sarmento

9. Description control area

Rules or conventions adopted

NOBRADE | ISAD(G)

Status

Complete

Description date

09/03/2024

Review date

12/03/2024