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There were very few facts and very few documents and very few expert reports. Do not he knew practically nothing, only much later did something become known. And therefore I do not think it would be fair to accuse people who between 1980 and 1982 plaved roles governmental organizations, or even those, that performed them, until 1985/86, did not go to looking for details, because nobody knew details, nobody knew anything ».

Regarding the documents that would be in the office of the Minister of Defense, he stated:

«(...) As I said, I do not know, nor have I ever known, whether or not there were relevant documents in the office of the Minister of Defense, Eng. Amaro da Costa. Bur i assume that if there was, his chief of staff, who in fact was a friend and proved to be a faithfUL friend for many years, until he died, certainly that he gave them the destiny that he understood he should give; noi me delivered nothing, but something will have done. If you didn't, it's because there were no documents there relevant, or because they were destroyed by the plane fire in Camarate. There is no However, one thing I would like to find strange, is this: if the Minister of Defense sends an urgent office two days before he died for the Armed Forces General Staff, it is perfectly natural that in two days he would not have had time to report to the Prime Minister or the Minister for Foreign Affairs who had sent that letter. And I ask and Has the General Staff of the Armed Forces ever responded? I don't know (...) and if not replied, so it's much more serious. Very serious than we did not know, at the time, if Eng. Amaro da Costa, had or had nor sent an urgenı and very official letter to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, is that the General Staff has not responded to him or the Minister Following. This is what I think was very important to find out. I personally don't know. AND I never heard if there was an answer or noi (...) and if there was not, I think, in fact, very serious ». More replied that «l...) in those days, until I left, because I didn't stay, as is known public, I was not part of the VII Constitutional Governmeni, so I left the day I took office that VII Government. So far there has been no answer. My question is whether that unswer came more late for the next Minister, or for the next Ministers, or if he never came, because if he never it came, then we have another very serious element to add to this process ».

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3.2. Overseas Military Defense Fund

The Overseas Afilitary Defense Fund was created in 1937, with the purpose of satisfying charges originated by the Portuguese military forces overseas: their use was based on construction of plans and budgets submitted to the appreciation and approval of the Minister of Overseas and of the President of the Council (uruil 1974) and, laser, by the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces .

The FDMU remained active after the military operations overseas, being formally extinguished in 1980, through Decree-Law No. 548 80 of 18 November. The following sections summarize the facts from the VIII Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the Camarate Tragedy following the expertise to the FDMC and audit of the accounts of the CEMGFA Office prepared by the General Inspection