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INFO OCT-01 NEA-14 ISO-00 ARA-16 PM-07 NSC-07 SP-03 SS-20
RSC-01 CIAE-00 DODE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 PA-04 USIA-15
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R 121212Z JUN 74
FM AMEMBASSY TEHRAN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6852
INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY BRAZILIA
C O N F I D E N T I A L TEHRAN 4836
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: AINR, BR, UR, IR
SUBJECT: NEW BRAZILIAN POLITICAL COUNSELOR IN MOSCOW
1. JOSE MURILLO DE CARVALHO, WHO HAS BEEN NUMBER TWO IN
BRAZILIAN EMBASSY HERE SINCE JANUARY 1972, WILL BECOME POLITICAL
COUNSELOR IN MOSCOW LATER THIS SUMMER. HE IS A SOVIET SPECIALIST
WHO AS SECOND SECRETARY IN 1961 RE-OPENED BRAZILIAN EMBASSY
AFTER 15 YEARS IN WHICH US HANDLED BRAZILIAN INTERESTS IN USSR.
CARVALHO HAS MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT RETURNING TO MSCOW. AS ONE
OF FEW BRAZILIAN SPECIALISTS ON AREA HE KNEW HE WOULD EVENTUALLY
GO BACK AND IT IS PROMOTION FOR HIM, BUT HE DOES NOT LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING AND LIVING CONDITIONS THERE. HE HAD EXPECTED GO
BANGKOK AFTER TEHRAN BUT NEW BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR TO MSCOW, WHO
AT PRESENT IS DEPUTY IN UN MISSION, NEW YORK, ASKED FOR HIM. HE
IS FLYING TO JOSCOW JUNE 14 FOR CONSULTATIONS AND WILL THEN RETURN
HERE UNTIL LATE AUGUST WNE HE WILL TAKE UP NEW POST.
2. CARVALHI IS LIVELY, FRIENDLY, LOQUACIOUS LATIN WHO HAS AN
ANECDOTE FOR EVERY OCCASION. HE SPEAKS EXCELLENT ENGLISH,
RUSSIAN AND FRENCH IN ADDITION TO HIS NATIVE PORTUGUESE. HIS
WIFE IS CHARMING AND ATTRACTIVE FINNISH WOMAN HE MET AND MARRIED
DURING LAST MOSCOW TOUR. SHE ALSO SPEAKS EXCELLENT ENGLISH
AND FRENCH AND SOME RUSSIAN THEY HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN,
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ONE A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WILL BE IN FRENCH SCHOOL MOSCOW.
3. IN ADDITION TO HIS TOUR IN MOSCOW FROM 1961 TO 64, CARVALHO
HAS SERVED AT UN, LONDON AND ALGERIA AND WAS IN CHARGE OF EAST
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS AT MFA BEFORE COMING TO TEHRAN.
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