from a Portuzuese reader
{in official statement published in the Lisbon pa ers reads:
"On the 5th of October in the premises of a Lisbon office = Sociedade Avenida Parque = a bomb exploded when a timing device was being fitted by Artur Manuel Ventura Figueira.Gouveia, aged 20, first year student at the Agricultural Institute, who immediately escaped, The consequences of the explosion were serious, the premises being badly damaged and individuals suffering injuries. The PIDE"(the political police) "was called and imnediately started investigating tne matter. Only a few hours later they were able to identify the culprit, and tha arrested him on the 13th, together with a nurse by the name of Bartilia Rosa de Almeida e Silva, aged 21, who was found with him. It is known that the detninee belongs to a communist organisation called F.A.P."(Front for Popular Action).
This is the text of the official report. \What this young Portuguese anti-fascist and his companion are now suffering at the hands of the political police is certainly far beyond our most pessimistic fears, Ed, notes This item is a timely reminder of the daily struggle being wsged against Portuguese Fascism both in Portal and that country's colonies, Will Labour repudiate Britain's ‘oldest ally'? We must make sure it does!