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co dddd 2 BRAZIL 20 December 1962 "another matter discussed was that of our balance of payments and the ever decreasing prices of our basic export products as compared with the increasing prices of the machinery which we buy from that friendly nation. a “Waturally, in formal meetings and receptions we could not use the same clear and objective language we used, where we discussed a little © of everything, but always with out hiding our thoughts or weighing our words. . “Alliance for Progress, the Cuban crisis » the situation in -. Latin America, were all discussed, plus other matters, There has been no agreement other than to examine our problens with franiness and objectivity. 7 “In conclusion, ve agreed that such meetings can be very useful to coexistence and the friendship of our nations." HERMES LIMA DENIES SUBVERSIVE PLO Rio de Janeiro Radio Mayrink Veiga in Portuguese 0100 GMI 20 December 1962--W (Text) Brasilia--Brazilian Premier Hermes Lima, after consultation with the Council of Ministers on 19 December, issued the following official note: “I am authorized to state that reports about a plan for rebellion . throughout Brazil scheduled for January are baseless. These reports, which stemming from certain isolated facts, attempt to establish . an atmosphere of alarm and even panic, whose purpose is less to fight extremism than to confuse national public opinion at the very moment ~ the process toward normalization of Brazilian institutional life is being completed. “The nation can rest assured that through all the media of information © and control at its disposal, the government is in a position to Guarantee public order, insuring the normal } functioning of institutions and individual freedoms. . "The government of President Joao Goulart is well aware of the incidents reported in accusations made to the police, and knows the nature and scope of these incidents. The government will not relax the vigilance which it has ceaselessly exercised throughout Brazil in connection with activities of a subversive nature. "This duty of the government is being completed by warning public opinion regarding the malicious aims of alarmists, thraigh which an attempt is being mide to create an atmosphere of confusion by using generalizations prepared for the occasion and publicity of khown orientation." weg