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in due time, due to the announced dissolution of the Assembly of the Republic.

- Considers it proven that the Overseas Military Defense Fund continued to be used irregularly, presenting movements not accounted for in the accounts, very significant discrepancies between actual balances and budgeted amounts, detecting that relevant values were kept by third parties without any justification, revealing. ulso, misuse of its resources.

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- Considers it proven thut Eng. Adelino Amaro da Costa was particularly tive the arms sales operations involving the Portuguese State, having vetoed several operations (sales to Indonesia, Guatemala and Argentina) and having requested on 2 December 1980, additional clarifications on arms sales to Iran (operations on 9 December 1980 and 22 January 1981).

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- Recommends that further investigation into the operations of arms trade that involved the Portuguese State or Portuguese companies.

- Gathered new testimonies that corroborate previous complaints, relating the citizen Sinan Lee Rodrigues with the crush of the aircraft in Camarute, so he recommends the verification of the possible responsibilities of this person in the fall of CESSNA.

- Considers it essential, in order to safeguard the dignity of the Portuguese stare, that the facis relating to the fall of CESSNA on December 4. 1980 are ascertained in a judgment that enjoy the criminal action that is indicted.

Testimony by José Cavalheiro and Henrique Botelho de Miranda

On April 8, 2015, Henrique Botelho de Miranda, professor and researcher at mine area involved in the work of the VIII Commission of Inquiry, namely in the Commission Multidisciplinary of Experts and José Cavalheiro, PhD professor in metallurgical engineering.

From the testimony to the two teachers, it was clear, once again, the unequivocal character of the fall of the Cessna on December 1- the plane crashed due to an attack. The reiteration of these conclusions was fatent in the testimonies of the teachers already mentioned.

According to Henrique Botelho de Miranda, it was, in fact, an attack:

  • S0. going to the Honorable Member's question, to wmi to infer. from what was detected in terms of explosives, and only that, the unequivocal existence of a cargo, especially with the y characıeristics is impossible. Now, grabbing all the pieces of the puzzle, then we can affirm that there was an explosive charge here, not very large, but of great intensity in its effects and that induced the crash of the aircraft. And I must say that, in terms of conception, regardless of value or ethical judgments, this was done with extreme skill, it was done by a professional (...).