Volatile Portugal: Dateline Lisbon.

INTERNATIONAL relations; DICTATORSHIP; ATTITUDE (Psychology); COMMUNISM; ARMED Forces; POLITICAL systems

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Discusses the political condition of Portugal sixteen months after its pro-Democratic revolution as of 1975. Possibility of Portugal's becoming an extreme leftist dictatorship; Reasons for declining influence of the U.S. in Portugal; Analysis of attitude of Portugal in Angola; Description of impact of events in Portugal on situation of Spain; Impact of increasing anti-communist sentiment and deep fissures within the armed forces on conditions of Portugal.