Em plena Guerra Fria as comunicações entre o consulado Americano em Ponta Delgada e o Departamento de Estado em Washington são quase diárias.
"R 121220Z MAR 75
FROM CONSUL PONTA DELGADA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC
SUBJECT: COUP ATTEMPT IN PORTUGAL
THIS MORNING FOR FIRST TIME ANTIAMERICAN SLOGANS PAINTED IN
FRONT CONSULATE INCLUDING "DOWN WITH AMERICAN IMPERALISM"
AND "DEATH TO CIA". WE ARE REVIEWING EMERGENCY AND EVACUATION
PLAN WITH AMERICAN BASE AT LAJES JUST IN CASE BUT AT THIS
TIME NO APPARENT DANGER TO AMERICANS EXISTS."