06061975

"1. DEMONSTRATION BY AZOREAN SEPARATISTS HAS FORCED RESIGNATION OF CIVIL GOVERNOR, SEPARTISTS TOOK OVER LOCAL RADIO STATION.
2. PONTA DELGADA AIRPORT NOW CLOSED, TRUKS ARE BLOCKING RUNWAY. AT REQUEST OF ARMY TROOPS, TRUCK DRIVERS HAVE LEFT THEIR VEHICLES. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG AIRPORT WILL BE CLOSED.
3. DETAILS FOLLOW.
PFEIFLE"*

*Informação dada pelo Consulado dos EUA em Ponta Delgada para a Secretaria de Estado, no dia 6 de Junho de 1975.

** Foto: contracapa da separata da Revista Atlântida, vol. XLVI (2001) "Caminhos Cruzados - O Processo Democrático e a Deriva Independentista dos Açores", de Saes Furtado.