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sTATe; DePARTMENT, Rei ATTENT(~: MR. RoaERr OEM-l, AAA/BRAZ rlo

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·ATTACHED IS A CIA UNOFFICIA~ TRANS~TZON .

OF THE TEXT OF THE MAN1FeST FOUND iN AMBASSADOR El.6RICK'S

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REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS TODAY DETAINED MR.' BJt9KE ELDRICK, U. S.

AMBASSADOR, TA~ING HIM TO ANOTffER PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE T1illY

WILL HOLD HIM PRISONER,l

THIS ACT IS NOT AN ISOLATED EPISODE." IT IS ONE OF NUMEroiJS '

REVOLUTIONARY ACTIONS ALREADY IN PROG.RESS: BANK ROBBERIES, WHERE

WE GET MONEY FOR THE REVOLUTIO~, TAKING IN RETURN WHAT THE BANKERS

TAKE FROM THE PEOPLE AND ~'l'S EMPLOYEES; TAKING OVER ARMY QUARTELS '

, AND POL.ICE ' STATIONS, WIiERE ARMS AND AMMUNITION ARE ACQUIRED FOR '

THE STRUGGLE TO OVERTHROW THE DICTATORS'HIP; LIBERATING R~VOLUTrONARIES

AND RETURNING THEM TO THE STRUGGLE OF ' THE P~OPLE; BOMBING OF

BUILDINGS S)1.iBOLIZING OPPRESSrON; AND SENTENCI~G EXECUTIONERS AND

TORTURERS.

, , 'TRULY THE CAPTURE O~ , THE AMBASSABOR IS JUST ONE MORE ACT IN THE

REVOLUTIONARY WAR THAT MOVES FORWARD EACH pAY AND WHICH THIS \'EAR 18

GOING ' TO BEGIN THE RURAL GUERRILLA STAGE) . WITH THE CAPTURE , OF

THE A1.IDAS:SADOR AND TO SHOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO OVER(x)ME TI-fE

DICTATORSHIP AND EXPLOITATION, WE ARE ARMED ' AND WELL ORGANIZED,'

WE WILL APPEAR . WHERE THE ENEMY LEAST EXPECTS . US MoW IMMEDIATELY

. DISAPPE,AR, WEAKENING THE DICTATORSHIP I BRINGING TERROR AND FEAR

TO THE . EXPLOITERS , AND BRINGING HOPE OF CERTAIN VICTORY TO THE

EXPLOITED. .

hffi! ELBRICK REPRESENTS IN OUR COUNTRY THE INTEREST OF IMPERIALISM

WHICH IS ALLIED WITH THE BIG BOSSES THE BIG LANDOWNERS, AND THE , "

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PEOPLE WILL NOT GIVE THEM (BIG BOSSES, ETC.) REST AND AT A;-.:'V

TIME WILL MAKE THEM FEEL OUR WEIGHT IN THIS STRUGGLE. THEY

ALL KNOW THA T THIS IS A STRUGGLE. THEY ALL KNOW THAT THIS

IS A STRUGGLE WITHOUT TRUCE, A LONG AND DIFFICULT STRUGGLE

WHICH \\'ILL NOT E~D WITH THE EXCHANGE OF ONE GENERAL FOR

ANOTHER BUT WIL:.. ONLY END WITH THE TERMINATION OF THE REGIME

OF' THE BIG l:XPLOITERS AND WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF 'A GOVERNMENT

WHICH LIBERATES THE WORKERS OF Ti:{E COUNTRY FROM THE SITUATION

IN WHICH THEY FIND THEMSELVES . .

THIS IS INDEPENDENCE WEEK t THE PEOPLE AND THE DICTATORSHIP

OBSERVE THIS WEEK IN DIFFERENT MANNERS. THE DICTATORSHIP HAS

PARTIES AND PARADES,SETS OFF FIREWORKS AND PUTS UP POSTERS,

·.WITH THIS THE DICTATORSHIPREALL):' DOES NOT WISH TO COMMEMORATf';

ANYTHING; WHAT IT WANTS TO DO IS THROW SAND IN THE E .YES OF, THE

EXPLOITED, GIVING THEM ·A FALSE JOY WITH THE O.aJECT OF HIDING

THEIRL~FE OF MISERY, EXPLOITATION AND REPRESSION. BUT ·CAN YOU , . .

BLOT OUT THE SUN WITH A DOT?· ' CAN YOU HIDE FROM THE PEOPLE

THEIR MISER. Y WHEN THEY FEEL IT INSIDE THEM?

" IN THE WEEK OF INDEPENDENCE THERE ARE TWO CELEBRA·TIONS: ' , ,

THAT OF THE DICTA'fO.RSHIP,

THAT OF THE PEQPLE.

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THAT OF THOSE WHO ORGANIZE PARADES AND THAT OF THOSE WHO

KIDNAPPED THE AMBASSADOR, SYMBOL OF EXPLOITATION. THE LIFr.,

. AND DEATH OF THE AMBASSADOR ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE

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IF THEY WILL RESP01':D TO T~HO DE~L.i,NDS, MR. ELBRICK WILL BE

LIBERATED. IF NOT, WE WILL BE OBLtGED TO CARRY OUT REVOLUTIONARY

JUSTICE, OUR TWO DEMANDS ARE:

A. THE LIBERATION OF 15 POLITICAL PRISONERS. THEY

f.RE 15 REVOLGTrONARIES IN THE THOUSANDS WHO SUF}-ER

TORTURE IN THE PRISOi\S AND MILITARY HEADQUARTERS

OF THE COUNTR Y. Wi-iO ARE .BEATEN, ABUSED AND SUFFER

THE HUMILtA TIONS IIY1POSED BY THE MIL!T AR Y. WE ARE

NOT DEMANDING THE IMPOSSIBLE, WE ARE NOT DElvtANDING

THAT LIFE BE RESTORED TO THE INNUMERABLE FIGHTERS

KILLED IN THE PRISONS. THEY WILL NOT BE LIBERA TED O.F'

COURSE; THEY WILL BE CATTLE ONE DAY. WE DEMAND

ONLY TIiE LIBERATION OF THESE is MEN, LEADERS ·IN

THE. STR DOOLE AGAINST THE DICTA TORSH!P. EACH ONE

OF THESE ARE WOR TH .1\ 100 'AMBASSADORS FROM THE PEOPLBS

POINT OF VIEW. BUT AN AMBASSADOR OF THE US IS ALSO , .

VERY VALUA~LE FROM THE POINTQF VIEW OF THE

DICTATORSHll? AND OF EXPLOITATION: .

. B. THE PUBLicA TION OF- READING OF THE ENTIRE MESSAGE 0.: :

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THE COUNTR Y. THE 15 POLITICAL PRISONERS MUST In:

FLOWN IN A SPECIAL PLANE 'TO A PARTICULAR COUNTRY -

ALGERIA, CHILE AND MEXICO - WHERE THEY WILL rn:

GIVEN ASYLUM. NO REPRISALS MUST BE ATTEMPTED

ACAINST THEM UNDER PAIN OF RETALIATION.

T'HE DICTATORSHIP HAS 48 HOURS TO REPLY PUBLrCLY IF. IT .........

ACCEPTS OR REJECTS OUR PROPOSAL. IF THE RESPONSE IS POSITIVE

WE WILL PUBLISH A LIST OF THE 15 REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS AND WE

WILL WAIT 2.4 HOURS FOR THEM TO BE TAKEN TO A SAFE COUNTRY.

IF THE REPLY IS NEGATIVE OR IF THERE IS NO REPLY BY TH!~TrME

MR, ELBRICI<': WILL BE EXECUTED. THE 15 COLLEAGUES MUST BE

LII3ERATEO WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAYE BEEN SENTENCED; THIS IS AN

"EXCEPTIONAL SITUATIONI'. AND IN "EXCEPTIONAL SrTUATIONS Ii• THE

JURISTS. OF THE DICTATORSHIP ALWAYS WORK OUT A WAY TO. SETTLE

THINGS AS WE CAN SEE NOW IN THE RtSE OF THE MIL!TARY JUNTA.

THE CONVERSATIONS WILL ONLY BE BEGUN AFTER THE PUBLIC

AND OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE DICTATORSHIP THAT IT WILL

RESPOND TO. ODR DEMANDS. THE METHOD WILL ALWAYS BE PUBLIC

ON THE PAR.T OF THE AUTHORITIBS AND ALWAYS UNPREDICTABLE ON

OUR PART.

WE W!SH TO REMIND THAT THE DEADLINES CANNOT BE

EXTENDED AND THAT WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO. FULF·ILL OUR

PR9MISES.

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FINALLY, WE WANT TO WARN ALL THOSE WHO TORTUE, BEAT UP

AND KILL OUR COLLEAGUES THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE

THE CONT1NUATION OF THIS HATED PRACTISE. WE ARE GrVING YOU

THE LAST WARNING. WHO CONTINUES TORTURING, BEATlNJ UP AND

KILLING - 13£ ON YOUR GUARD.

NOW IT IS E'YE FOR EYE~ TOOTH FOR TOOTH.

SrGNED: NATIONAL LIBERATION A eTlON

REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT 8. OCTOBER

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SITUA T/ON ROOM . BACl<GROONDON THE MOVIMENTO REVOLUCrONARI0~8

P?~ THE FOLLOW INC IS BACKGROUND INFORMA TION ON THE MOVIMENTO

REVOLlTC!ONARI0-8 (THE 8 REFERS TO THE DATE OF litHE" GUEVARA'S . ,

DEATH IN OCTOBER), ONE OF THE NUMEROUS TERRORIST ORGAN!ZA'rIONS . , . '

IN BRAZIL WHICH1 ALTHOUGH INDEPENDENT, HA V~ INFORMAL LINKS,

IN LATE JULY AND EARLY AUGUST BRAZILIAN POLICE BROl{E lJP . . , .

. '\ R!O DE JANEJRO BASED SUBVERSIVE GROUP', KNOWN AS' THE MR-8,

WHICH HAD STAGED NUMEROUS BANK ROBBERIES AND CAR . T'HEFTS IN , ,

R10 DE JANEIRO TO FINANCE A RURAL GUERRILLA WARFARE OPERATION

IT Pl .... ANNE'D TO BEGIN IN THE STATE 01;' PARANA. TH~ GROUP

REPORTEDLY HAD CONNECTIONS \VITB SIMILAR GROUPS IN PARP.dUAY .

. ,\ND ARGENTINA~ALTHOUGH ·mE OF ITS MEMBERS HAD GIYEN MONEY '

TO THE R.EVOLUTIONARY BRAZILIAN COMMUNIST PAR TY (A 'DISSIDENT'

COMMUNIST GROUP DEDICATED TO REVOLUTION) THE GROUP APPEARED'

TO Br-: INDEPENDENT ..

FOUNDED IN NITEROI. CAPITAL OF RIO DE JANEIRO STATE (ACROSS

THE BA Y. FROM RtO DE JANEIRO} IN MID-1968 BY NITEROI STUDENTS, THE '

GROUP EVENTUALLY WAS COMPOSED OF SOME 30 MEMBERS, AT LEAST

i4. OF WHOM WERE STUDENTS,

THE GROUP HOPED TO ESTABLISH' A SOCIALIST REOIME BY FORCE,

BEGINNING WITH GUERRILLA WARFARE IN RURAL AREAS, . SELECTING .

THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARANA STATE NEAR THE PARAGUAYAN

AND ARGENTINE BORD;ERS. TO GET FUNDS FOR GUERRILLA WARFARE

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THE CROUP BEGAN A SERIES OF BANK ROBBERIES IN 'THE RIO DE

J .<\NEIRO AREA. THE BANK ROBBERIES WERE SCJSPENDED AFTER THE

GROUP RECR.UITED JORGE MEDEIROS VAL~, ASSISTANT MANAGER OF

A BRANCH OF THE BANK OF BRAZIL WHO, ACCORDING TO HIS OWN

ACCOUNT, SUCCEEDED IN EMBEZZLING THE EQUIVALENT OF MORE ," . "

THAN TWO MILLION U. :S. DOLLARS FROM THE BANK.

FUNDS RECEIVEI:' .FROM VALE AND FROM THE ROBBERIES WERE

. USED TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF SAFE HOVSES FOR ITS MEM8ER.~ IN

SEVERAL STATES, 18 HOUSES OR APARTMENTS IN aUANABARA STATE

ALON~.

" POLICE STUMBLED ON THE GROVP AFTER POLICE FOUND ARMS

IN THE CAR OF AN MR .. 8 MEMBEF. INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. . . :

Y~LE, WHO ADMITTED DONATINO '$WO, oqo TO THE MR-8 AND

$150,000 TO THE PCBR# SAIO THAT HE HADUNSUCCESSFULLY ,ATTEMPTED

. TO CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ALGERIAN NATIO~AL LIBERATION . . . " ,

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l---RONT ANp EXILED BRAZILIAN POLITICIANS TN PAHIS. HE SAID THAT HE " '

HAP INTENDED EVENTUALLY TO .JOIN THEr'ERRORIST GROUP LED BY

D1SSIDENT . .cOMMUNIST CAR'LOS !\lfARIGHELLA.

DURING THE QUESTIONING OF ARRESTED MR w 8 MEMBE~S, ALLEGATIOKS

, WERE MADE THAT MEMBERS 'OF THE GROUP HAD CONTACTS WITH THE

FORMER SYRIAN AMBASSADOR TO BRAZrL, JAMIL CHAYA, FRo.M ~liBOM

THEY SAID THEY OBTAINED INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES AND

METHODSOF THE AL FATAH ARAB TERROIUSTGROUP. AS WELL AS ' . . I CT . : '. GECRc~ ..... .' . .

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A PROMJSE OF ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING ARMS. THS SYRIAN EMBASSY

DENIED THIS, SA YING THAT 'THE CONTACTS WERE NORMAL AND NOT

'CONNECTEDW!TH SUBVERSION.

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