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BRIEF CIV 1. PORTUGAL!
I THE PORTUGUESE COMMUNIST PARTY ON TUESDAY NOMINATED ITS NUM8ER THO OFFICIAL, OCTAVIO PATO,ANDIDATE FORIN PORTUGAL'S ELECTION ONEITHER PATO NOR TWO OBSCURE CANDIDATES CHOSEN LAST WEEK BY THE FAR LEFT HAVE ANY CHANCE OF WINNING, BUT ALONG WITH POSSIBLE RIGHT-WING ENTRIES, THEY COULD ATTRACT ENOUGH VOTES TOUNOFF BETWEEN THE TWO LEADING CONTENDERS, ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF EANES AND PRIME MINISTER AZEVEDO-V
EANES' ANNOUNCEMENT ON FRIDAY THAT, IF ELECTED, HE^
WILL CHOOSE SOCIALIST LEADER MARIO SOARES AS HIS PRIME MINISTER WILL CONSOLIDATE HIS SUPPORT AMONG MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY, UHICHLURALITY IN THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION LAST MONTH.V
PRIME MINISTER AZEVEDO DOES NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF ANY FORMAL PARTY ORGANIZATION, BUT HEOPULAR FIGURE IN PORTUGAL', AND HIS FORCEFUL STYLE WILL MAKE HIM AN ATTRACTIVE
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PUT TOGETHER AN EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION. AN APPEAL TO MEMBERS OF THE CABINET LAST WEEK TO SUPPORT HIS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACYFELL ON DEAF EARS-V
j'THK ABSENCEECLARED COMMUNIST CANDIDATE APPEARED TO 'ASSURE AZEVEDOARGE NUMBER OF COMMUNIST VOTES IN HIS BID *T0 STOP THE MORE CONSERVATIVE GENERAL EANES* AZEVEDO,APPARENTLY INTENDED TOTRONG ANTI-COMMUNISTND THIS PROBABLY HELPED PARTY CHIEF CUNHAL DECIDE TO PUT FORWARD PATO.Y
jaZEVEDO'S FAILURE TO SOUND OUT THE POLITICALTHE MILITARY BEFORE ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDACY WAS AERROR, AND SOME SOURCES ATTRIBUTE HISTO THE ABSENCE OF GOOD POLITICAL ADVISERS- THE DEATHI i
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