ASSASSINATION OF DELGADO CONFIRMED
With the accidental discovery of two bodies near Villanueva del Fresno, thirty-five miles south of Badajoz, the disappearance of General Humberto Delgado and his Brazilian secretary, Sahaira Campos, appears to have been solved,
A leader in the opposition to Portuguese fascist dictator Salazar, Delgado had heen missing. since February 14 when he dis-~ appeared near Badajoz while on a clandestine trip to meet partisans of his near the Portuguese border.
Followers of Delgado in-Morocco charged on February 23 that he had been arrested in Spain. A few days later members of the Venezuelan parliament charged that Delgado had been arrested by the Spanish Civil Guards and handed over to the Portuguese secret ‘poli-~ tical police. The Venezuelans said they were in possession of information that Delgado was shot without any pretense at a trial. They sent messages to President Johnson, Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Secretary General U Thant demanding an investigation of the assassination of General Delgado.
Delgado was a colorful figure who began by supporting Salazar'ts uprising. In 1958 he entered the presidential election as an opposition candidate. He claimed to have won a big majority but Salazar falsified the election results. Going into exile, Delgado master-minded the seizure of the Santa-Maria on the high seas in 1961. as a way of calling attention to the struggle against Salazar. Recently he shifted farther to the left, even speaking of Portugal's need for a "Fidel Castro." —
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