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unpublished images "," respect for parliament's decision to set up the commission of inquiry", « Documentary sources and not personal sources » of information »l, the public company appealed to the Supreme Court of Justice, and for these reasons it was decided to suspend the Commission's work.

The Supreme Court of Justice ruled in favor of the questions of the X CPITC, and RTP sent an set of recordings manifestly insufficient in relation to what is public has been shown in television that night. The set of images received did not correspond to the Commission's expectations, as they will not be able to match the footage collected,

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that night in Camarate. You can see, on YouTube, images captured hy RTP reporters that were not sent to the CPI.

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Embassies

Following the work of the CPI, namely the hearings held by Farinha Simões, il was set of requirements addressed to the US, UK and British embassies Federal Republic of Germany, in order to obtain some information that corroborates or deny the accusations brought by him to nationals or even to the authorities of those countries. Regarding the United States Embassy in Lisbon, information was requested if Oliver North had been in Portugal in 1980, as well as the whereabouts of William Hasselberg, who will have worked at the embassy that year. No response or information was provided to the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry.

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Witness number two

At the eighth Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry, a witness, known as witness number two, who came to testify under the legal regime for the protection of witnesses. The said witness, whose work would have passed through Explosivos da Trafaria, claimed to have seen company, a report by the Ministry of National Defense on arms trafficking, taking into account also heard General Pinto de Resende say that the matter was serious and that something would have to be done. These words were spoken on October 16, 1980. The witness also stated have encountered Lee Rodrigues and José Esteves, at the Explosivos da Trafaria facilities.

In view of public reports and also addressed by the present Commission, it seemed relevant to hear witness number two again, namely to access a document that it would have delivered to the Supreme Court of Justice on arms trafficking in Portugal, namely in 1985.

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AX CPITC was unable, howev to contact wi attempts and steps in this direction.