CONFIDENTIAL

Achei interessante ao post do meu amigo Rui Gamboa, maquinadelavax.blogspot.com, sobre uns documentos confidencias dos Estados Unidos da América, que agora foram desclassificados. O mais interessante é que um deles, um telegrama de KISSINGER, secretário de Estado norte-americano, refere-se ao acordo bilateral dos EUA com os Açores no que toca à base das Lajes, esta pretendia ser adquirida pelos Árabes, mais precisamente a Siria a quando do embargo ao petróleo.
O segundo, dirigido ao secretário de Estado norte-americano, sobre uma conversa de Vítor Cruz, pai (deduzo), relativamente à independência dos Açores.

1- "O 222327Z AUG 74
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY LISBON IMMEDIATE

S E C R E T STATE 185206


WILL YOU APPROACH GOP AT WHATEVER LEVEL YOU CONSIDER
APPROPRIATE AND ASK THEM WHETHER, IN FACT, THERE HAS BEEN
AN ARAB OFFER TO THE GOP OF DOLS 400 MILLION AND AN END TO
THE OIL EMBARGO IN RETURN FOR NON-RENEWAL OF AZORES BASE
RIGHTS. IF GOP CONFIRMS OFFER, DEPARTMENT WOULD APPRECIATE
YOUR FINDING OUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ABOUT IT. KISSINGER"


2 - "R 060852Z JUN 74

FM AMEMBASSY LISBON
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9761

INFO AMCONSUL PONTA DELGADA UNN

C O N F I D E N T I A L LISBON 2300

SUBJ: AZORES INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

REF: (A) PONTA DELGADA 90; (B) STATE 116770


IN RECENT CONVERSATION WITH EMBOFFS, FORMER NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY DEPUTY FROM SAO MIGUEL, MOTA AMARAL, SAID
HE HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY ONE VITOR CRUZ AND GIVEN
COPY OF MANIFESTO OF "AZORES INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT"
(AIM). JOKING, HE SAID THAT IF SAO TOME AND
PRINCIPE ARE TO BECOME INDEPENDENT, WHY NOT AZORES.
HE THEN ADDED THAT WHILE AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE,
DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN PORTUGAL, IT MIGHT BE
WORTH THINKING ABOUT INDEPENDENCE FOR THE AZORES,
HE ADVISED THAT AIM SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
AT PRESENT. HE NOTED ALSO THAT, IN CONTRAST TO
PORTUGUESE FARICAN TERRITORIES, THE INHABITANTS
OF THE AZORES ARE, AFTER ALL, PORTUGUESE. HE
WAS MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN THE PROSPECTS OF THE
CENTRIST POPULAR DEMOCRATIC PARTY, OF WHICH HE
ALONG WITH BALSEMAO AND SA CARNEIRO IS ONE OF THE
LEADERS, AND THE PARTY'S NEED TO STEP UP ITS
ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES IF IT IS TO COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY
WITH THE LEFT AND WIN ELECTIONS IN PORTUGAL

CONFIDENTIAL"