Kidnapping of Charles Burke Elbrick event
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Brazilcountry · 9Charles Burke Elbrickperson · 7Rio de Janeiroplace · 3CIAintelligence service · 2Brazilian Militaryorganization · 2Mexicocountry · 1U.S. Embassyorganization · 1William P. Rogersperson · 1U.S. Navyorganization · 1Brasiliaplace · 1U.S. State Departmentorganization · 1John Gordon Meinperson · 1Jose de Malas Pintoperson · 1General Erio de Lira Tavaresperson · 1Fernando Gabeiraperson · 1Washington, D.C.place · 1
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Kidnapping of Charles Burke Elbrick documented
“The Brazilian authorities have been informed of the demands of the people who are holding me. They should not try to find out where I am, which might be dangerous, but hurry to meet the conditions for my release. The people, of course, are …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 8 @ 39:46
Tavares funded
Kidnapping of Charles Burke Elbrick documented
“No, Fernando said. Aw, foolish me, the Navy man said with a sigh. I thought you did, and when I came back to change cars, I lost you. While the sleuthing was underway, Tavares, acting for the military, decided to meet the kidnappers' demand…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 8 @ 37:15
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▶ 9:36
Elbrick looked to see what was wrong. Four men yanked open his door and began shouting. We are Brazilian revolutionaries. They pointed automatic rifles at the ambassador and pushed the driver to the middle seat. They forced Elbrick to lay d…
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He realized that there was a high likelihood that he was going to be arrested and tortured himself. But he kept writing. Someone in the groups that he hung out with had suggested a political kidnapping in order to get international attentio…
▶ 14:21
That much of the planning took about six weeks. They decided that they were going to ask for 15 people to be released and basically do like a prisoner swap. It was getting close to September 7th, which was Brazil's National Independence Day…
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The girl, when she was there, basically kind of flirted with the guy in order to find out what the security was like. That's how they actually were able to apprehend the ambassador. So it goes on and talks about the planning of the kidnappi…
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basically keeping the U.S. embassy updated on his status. So an all points bulletin goes out throughout Rio that the ambassador has been kidnapped. By censoring the press, the military had tried to keep the population ignorant that these re…
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In Brazil had been, as Elbrick put it, misbehaving. The CIA man was maintaining a wife and a child in Rio and a girlfriend also from the U.S. in Brasilia. And everybody in Rio knew this. In Elbrick's view, the man was simply had been statio…
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The man, after all, had already made a muddle of everything in the ambassador's opinion. What if they got that man, too, with their knowing about his CIA connections? The man would surely be finished. What Elbrick had done made him sick wit…
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With their riots in the streets, John Mark and the Student Union had come closer than they realized to bringing down the entire government. Only the police and their U.S. advisors and the highest members of the embassy and military circles …
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It was the army minister, General Erio de Lira Tavares, on whom the embassy rested its hope and brought the greatest pressure. At 63, he was a veteran of the Army Engineer Corps, and the embassy trusted that he would foresee the propaganda …
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In fact, the hardline was demanding that until Elbrick was released, a political prisoner already in custody was going to be taken out and publicly shot every hour until he was released. The U.S. Embassy staff saw matters differently. Once …
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the guys, and there is a C-130 that is supposed to take them out tomorrow afternoon. By Saturday morning, the kidnappers had started believing that the government was indeed going to meet their demands. It was not widely publicized within B…
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Pinto went on the air to announce that the C-130 was in the air on its way to Mexico. This was not true. 200 Navy men shouting that the exchange was a national disgrace had surrounded the plane and blocked its departure. The Navy high comma…
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was summoned back to Washington for consultations with Secretary Rogers and other State Department officials. In their meeting, Elbrick asked them whether the department really wanted him to serve out his tour in Brazil. His superiors agree…
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apologizing for the inconvenience. Why shouldn't he go back and capitalize on that? Within the week, Elbrick was flying back to Rio. He was glad at least that he was not giving the appearance of quitting under fire. But once on the job, he …