Evening star., 1962-01-03
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rest in Portugal. the commu-
nique said.
The communique added that
aside from the Beja incident,
no other unrest or violence was
reported from other military
establishments.
Hunt Pressed for 16
At least 16 rebels who took
part in the revolt were still at
large last night, and the gov
ernment pressed a hunt for
them.
Every Lisbon newspaper de-
nounced Communists for the
three-hour uprising. They said
most of the civilians involved
came from Almada and Cova
da Piedade, across the Tagus
River from Lisbon, where left
lists have been active in the
past.
They reported Radio Moscow
announced the Beja action al
most as soon as it began in the
darkness early Monday. The
first announcement in Lisbon
was a report by the Army Min
iStry about noon.
Editorial writer's speculated
that the rebels achieved one
aim-to portray the Portuguese
to the world as desperate and
opposed to their government
because of unrest in the West
African province of Angola and
the loss of Portugal's three
Indian enclaves to India's in
VaSion.
Group in U. N. Noted
The independent republican
newspaper o Seculo said the
same group which vetoed help
to Portugal in the U. N. Secu-
rity Council during the enclave
crisis is showing interest in
breaking up Portugal's unity in
Europe. Russia cast the veto.)
The reason, the newspaper
said, is Portugal stands against
the march of communism in
Africa in spite of the fact her
Western friends are refusing
the support she needs to resist
armed aggression"
o Seculo called for a more
aggressive defense policy and
energetic action to destroy
communism within Portugal.
Authorities ella i'm led only
about 40 men took part in the
attempt to seize the army gar
riSon at Beja early Monday. Of
ficialS clamped tight security
measures on known avenues of
escape along the Spanish from
tier in efforts to round up rem
nants of the gang. All police
and military units remained in
a state of precaution."
Two Killed in Battle
The government said two of
the insurgents were killed and
% captured-including the two
leaders Of the band-in the up
rising which collapsed after a
three-hour gun battle with
troops of the Sd Infantry Regi-
ment stationed in the Beja
barracks.
Thousands of persons lined a
75-mile funeral route yeSter-
day as a cortege bearing the
body of 1t. Co1. Jaime Filipe da
Fonseca, army undersecretary,
moved from Lisbon to Col.
Fonseca's home town of Leiria
for burial.
Col. Fonsecas rushed to Beja
after hearing of the revolt and
was shot when he walked into
the barracks and demanded
that the rebels surrender.
Prison Terms Faced
Legal authorities said the
captured conSpirators would
face prison sentences of from
4 to 20 years if convicted, in
addition to the loss of political
rights and indefinite security
surveillance. Portuguese law
reserves the death penalty to
cases involving spying for the
enemy during wartime and
certain other offenSeS.
One OF the captured leaders,
army Capt. Joao Maria PaWo
Varela Comes, was reported
near death after undergoing
three operations and removal
of a kidney. The government
said the other rebel leader,
Manuel Sierra, was captured
heading for the Spanish border.
Both had long opposed the
3O-year-old Salazar dictator
ship. Sierra recently returned
from Brazil and a self-imposed
exile stemming from a 1859
anti-Salazar plot.
Capt. Comes and four other
Army officers involved in the
revolt have been dismissed
from the service. An announce
ment said this was "independ-
ent from any criminal charges
they will face in a court of
law" All five are in custody.
GalvaO Sees a Victory
In Sac Paulo. Brazil, Capt.
Henrique Galvao, the Portu-
guese rebel leader, declared
that the unsuccessful Beja re-
volt was "a victory although
not decisive one"
Capt. Galvao led the band
that captured the Portuguese