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Soviet Position on Portugal
Issues and Talking Points
TALKING POINTS (if Gromyko raises)
Portugal is a member of NATO, and we and our
allies cannot remain indifferent to the outcome of the
domestic crisis in that c~untry.
A large majority of the Portuguese people
clearly expressed their preference for democratic
development in the elections last April. We believe
the wishes of this majority should be respected and
that solutions to Portugal's domestic problems should
be consistent with their will.
ANALYSIS/BACKGROUND
Apart from an indeterminate amount of financial
assistance to the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) ,
and public expressions of sympathy for them, the
Soviet posture toward Portugal has been restrained.
Whether this is out of concern for Moscow's detente
relations with the West, especially the US, or based
on a pessimistic evaluation of the PCP's prospects
for success, i~ moot. In any case, Moscow now seems
resigned to a secondary role for the PCP on the
Portuguese scene.
Gromyko may nevertheless attempt
to take us to task--if only in reaction to our warn-
ings to Moscow--and repeat Soviet propaganda charges
that we are violating Helsinki CSCE principles by
interferring in Portuguese developments through threats
and exertion of ebonomic pressures.
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