Letter from Clarence Boonstra to Stephen Low on the description of the Brazilian government as 'fascist' in an economics book by Paul Samuelson
Initial production date
20/11/1973
Final production date
20/11/1973
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Item
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PDF
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Letter
Producing entity
Consulate General of the United States of America in Rio de Janeiro
Origin
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Scope and content
Letter, dated November 20, 1973, from Clarence Boonstra to Stephen Low about the description of the Brazilian government as 'fascist' in an economics book by Paul Samuelson. The document details a call from Mario Simonsen to the Embassy mentioning his discomfort with the book - said to be widely used in Brazilian universities -, which mentioned the Brazilian military junta in the same category as the regimes of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, criticizing the alleged lack of knowledge of Brazilian politics abroad. The letter ends with an attachment of a letter from the publisher Agir, responsible for translating the book into Portuguese, questioning the possibility of changing the passage.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Original reference code
POL 17-Rio 1973 folder
Box 15
Numeric Files Series, February 1, 1963–1973 (A1 5761)
General Records Collection of the Department of State (RG 59)
NARA II, College Park
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