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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Brazilian Communists and opposition groups criticize US-Brazil atomic energy agreements during secret parliamentary hearings on creating a national atomic minerals monopoly, alleging the US is exploiting Brazil's resources.
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With Brazil's Atomic Plans
By JULIUS GOLDEN
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP)--
Brazilian Communists, obviously
trying to disparage the United
States, are having a picnic with
Brazil's atomic age growing
pains.
For the past two months hear-
ings have been held by a com-
mittee of the Chamber of Depu-
ties on Brazil's atomic minerals.
The Communists - and here they
are joined by highly vocal govern-
ment opponents and extreme
right-wingers - have charged
Brazil is giving its atomic miner-
als to the United States.
The hearings started on a bill
introduced by Sao Paulo Deputy
Dagoberto Salles, a member of
President Kubitschek's Social
Democratic party. It would create
an "Atombras," similar to Bra-
zil's "Petrobras" national monop-
oly on Brazilian oil. Atombras
would control all atomic minerals.
Witness after witness has taken
the stand-some charging Brazil
was cheated blind by the United
States. The hearings were secret
but testimony nevertheless flowed
to the press. The opposition news-
paper Tribuna da Imprensa and
the Communist-line Imprensa
Popular carried on a loud cam-
paign charging daily the United
States was picking Brazil's pock-
et.
The heaviest fire from Impren-
sa Popular was centered on two
agreements between the United
States and Brazil signed Aug. 8,
1955. Tribuna da Imprensa con-
centrated on the sale of Brazilian
thorium to the United States.
The 1955 agreements provided
for a joint survey of possible
uranium deposits by the United
States and Brazil. Brazil now has
no known uranium deposits, al-
though some committee witnesses
have declared there are tremen-
dous lodes of it. If uranium was
found, the United States under the
agreement would have the right of
first refusal on its purchase. But
Brazil was not committed to sell.
The agreements also covered
cooperation and peaceful uses of
atomic energy. The United States
promised to provide a research
reactor and furnish data and fuel.
Both countries expressed hope the
agreements would lead to discus-
sions concerning a power reactor.
Such discussions now are under
way in Washington.
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Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Brazil
Event Date
Past Two Months; Aug. 8, 1955
Key Persons
Outcome
ongoing discussions in washington; joint survey for uranium; us right of first refusal if found; no known uranium deposits
Event Details
Hearings by Chamber of Deputies committee on atomic minerals, started by bill from Deputy Dagoberto Salles to create Atombras national monopoly. Communists, government opponents, and right-wingers charge Brazil is giving atomic minerals to US. Testimony leaks to press, with newspapers Tribuna da Imprensa and Imprensa Popular campaigning against 1955 US-Brazil agreements on joint uranium survey, thorium sales, and atomic energy cooperation including research reactor and potential power reactor talks.