Lisbon spies peered and scribbled. New and impressive shipments of British arms were arriving. There were sounds and signs of Portuguese mobilization. In the bars the word went around: Portugal was preparing to make war on the Axisbefore it was too late.
Said uneasy Premier-Dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, to explain the mobilization to his discontented people: "It may be necessary to reinforce the colonial garrisons*;. ... In the unfortunate times in which we are living, [the military] may have to be used against foreign enemies as much as against internal elements of national disintegration."
*Japanese have held Portuguese Timor in...
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