Evening star., 1961-08-28
BRAZIL
Leaders Try Desperately
TO Solve Crisis Peacefully

SlSleo aICer seven months IN
office. He declared he had been
Overwhelmed by opponents,
Brazilian and foreign, of his
strict economic and independ-
ert foreign policies.
His foreign policies had in
cluded talks on restoring
foreign relations with the
Soviet Union and refusal to
take sides against Fidel Castro
of Cuba. Officials promptly
suspended negotiations on re-
storing relations with Moscow
when Mr.. QuadroS resigned.
Military and civilian political
leaders have been meeting con-
tinuously since 6 pm. Sunday
and were still eenferring at the
capital of Brasilia this morn
ing in an effort to resolve the
controversy over the possible
rise of 42-year -old Goulart to
power.
The civilian leaders included
Ranieri Mazzilli, the president
of the Chamber of Deputies
who became temporary preSi-
dent of the nation in the alb
Sence of Mr.. Goulart; Jose
Marie Alkimin, a top leader of
Mr.. Quadros' Social Democrat
Party; Ernani Amaral do Peix-
oto, president of the Social
Democrat Party and former
ambassador to Washington;
Jose Bonifago, first secretary
of the Chamber of Deputies,
and Sergio Magalhaes, a strong =
supporter of Mr.. Goulart.
Appeals for Calm
On the military side in the
conferences were Gen. Denys,
Navy Minister Admiral Silvio
Heekel and Brig. Grun Moss,
air force minister.
An unconfirmed report from !
Brasilia said Mr.. Goulart may I
try to come to Brazil through q
Uruguay. =
Military, political and re-
ligiouS leaders called on the :
people to remain calm and as )
Sured them the crisis will be \
settled. =
Radio stations broadcast gov T
ernment communicates that the
entire country remained under Z
control. 6
San Thiago, a deputy of :
the Brazilian labor party, was l
reported to have spoken by I
telephone to Mr.. Goulart in
Paris. Mr.. Thiago said Mr.. s
Goulart was not inclined to re- fy
nounce the presidency. On the
contrary. Mr.. ,Thiago said, Mr.. 4
Goulart sounded determined to I
return to Brazil and take over. t
He said, however, that Mr.. /
Goulart had agreed to remain 4
in Paris until he gets a full ]
report on the trend OF the sit {
uation in Brazil. !
Nothing Personal
Gen. Denys denied a state Il
ment published in the Rio de K
Janeiro press and broadcast by
radio stations quoting him as S
saying: I
Nov is the time to choose
between democracy and COM r.
munism. I have nothing against
the person Of Goulart but only
against the form of govern
ment he represents" +
Moscow radio charged that
the unpredictable Quadros was
forced to quit because of the |
crude intervention by the G
United States in Brazil's af-
fairs" United States Assistant
Secretary Of State for Latin
American Affairs Robert Wood t
ward called the Soviet charge S
absurd and said: Our relations .
with the QuadroS administra- -.
ton have been very friendly
and cooperative. We can 5
only hope our cooperative rela- Q
tionShip will continue as in the !
past" t
Mr.. Goulart last night re-
portedly sent word to Gen. ?
Denys by telephone: IT am re- a
turning to Brazil to fulfill my i
duty. You fulfill yours" The II
message was conveyed through g
Brazil'S ambassador to the U. N,
Francisco Santiago Dante, who I
talked with the vice president i
in Paris. I
Mr.. Goulart, much farther r
to the left politically than the I
unpredictable Quadros, is a
bitter critic of American capi- !
taliSm and strong advocate q
of closer Brazilian trade and
diplomatic ties with the Com u
munist bloc.
Opposed by MOderateS r
The Labor Party chief, who
won reelection as vice presi- +
dent last year with Communist +
support, faces opposition from t
a faction of moderates in Con- ]
gress and the traditionally +
anti-Communist military.
Gen. DenyS, with 48 years in I
active army service, has long
held to the policy that politics {
is matter for the politicians.
But the 69-year-old General
has emerged as the key man in
the maneuvering over whether
Mr.. Goulart should be sworn
in as chief of state.
THE army. navy and air
force are united in watching
over the nations general tran
guilty" Gen. DenyS said in one
of his few statements since the
crisis broke Friday. United
we shall face the difficulties
that will occur for the preSer-
vation of public order"
Acting President Mazzilli de-
clared last night the crisis is
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