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3.2.1. The VI and VIII Commissions of Inquiry

As mentioned in Point 2. Initial considerations , Point 7 of the VI Commission's Conclusions of Inquiry (1999) recommends“ an in-depth investigation of the entire Defense Fund archive Militar do Ultramar, which was used discretionarily, without any control, making expenses that by law were forbidden to him, there are several testimonies that associate him to the mobile of a possible attack in Camarate':

For its part, the VIII Commission of Inquiry (2004), in its Conclusions, producten open that the Overseas Military Defense Fund continued to be used irregularly, presenting movements not accounted for in the accounts, very significant discrepancies between real and budgeted amounts, detecting that relevant values were in the custody of third parties without any justification, revealing, also, abuse of its availabilities ", as he also considered“ proven that Eng. Adelino Amaro da Costa was particularly attentive to the arms sales operations that involved the Portuguese State, having vetoed several operations (sales to Indonesia, Guatemala and Argentina) and having requested on December 2, 1980, additional clarifications on arms sales to Iran (operations that took place on 9 December 1980 and 22 January 1981) ». And he recommended that “ further investigation into arms trade operations that the Portuguese State or Portuguese companies involved".

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3.2.2. The VIII Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the Camarate Tragedy

Following the collection of several testimonies, the possibility of the existence of the referred public fund created for military expenses resulting from the Portuguese intervention in the Overseas being one of the possible reasons for the attack that killed, among others, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense on December 4, 1980.

Cf. Report of the Vili Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the Camarate Tragedy

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The existence of an eventual connection would be confirmed by Diogo Freitas do Amaral, when declaring « Having been informed by Eng." Amaro da Costa of the investigation that he was conducting, with the in order to find out the reason why the referred Fund had not yet been extinguished, whar moved, who managed it and if it was supervised vs.

It was the VIII Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the Camarate Tragedy that requested the Inspector General Tinance, for the first time, an expert report to the Overseas Military Defense Fund with the purpose of establishing possible links to the attack on the night of December 4, 1980. The expertise of the IGF inspeclors would give rise to an audit of the accounts of the Head of