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precisely why, to ascertain the veracity of recent information, we asked "what aircraft foreign to the FA landed in the last month at the base of Montijo, and which

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landings are scheduled for the current month ". After we raised the hare We would like to know which planes in these conditions have landed or will land on others military airports.

The Government says in its note that it has not authorized “military aircraft of any origin transporting weapons or ammunition to Iran ". That was never in question. Up until because according to our information the ammunition would be transported on an airplane (in aircraft). possibly from African Air Charters and in the flight plan would not be included as destination airfields in Iran.

We also did not ask if any foreign entity took or will take holdings at the Portuguese Explosives Society. Foreign interests may well be taken care of by national entities.

What we wanted (...) was to know if foreign interests, namely Israeli ones, form were the subject of talks related to the Portuguese arms industry and ammunition. And more: if there are several opinions on the subject “possibly a Minister Pinto Balsemão "taking into account, namely, the interest in exploring the Iranian market

The reason why both articles from Portugal Today are practically in full is due, precisely, with the fact that the course of the CPI's work confirmed some of the events reported by the daily, namely the export of military material to Iran, in 1980, by the interposition of a third state. In addition to what resulted from the of the IGF audit of the EMGFA Office accounts - which confirm the dispatch of military material to Iran five days after the death of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense - some of details cited by Portugal Today were revealed by Coinmander Alpoim Calvão, whose testimony then dissects.

According to the Commander, Explosivos da Trafaria was dedicated to the manufacture of explosives and had present in the governing bodies, personalities such as General Femando Pinto de Resende, Engineers Diogo da Fonseca and Carlos Pardal, in addition to a representative of a Spanish partner, whose name Alpoim Calvão did not recall:

«I want to remember his name, but I only remember him being the Minister of Health at the time from the previous regime... I lack one, but I don't remember who it is ».

Regarding the company's activity; the Commander stated the following:

«The company's activity was essentially the manufacture of explosives. It was creuted for that and, more later, to meet the needs of the Armed Forces and because the State understood it • gave the necessary impetus for that - started to dedicate itself to the manufacture of ammunition

the company did the final phase, the so-called lapping-loading, assembling and packing, that is,