Historians, and behind them Media report a curious fact from the life of the dictator. In 1968, the politician was half paralyzed as a result of an extensive stroke, and after a while he was removed from public affairs. However, Salazar himself did not report this - ministers regularly reported to him, as if he remained the head of government. Moreover, for him they printed a newspaper in one copy, telling only good news. We decided to check if this is true.

Describing the last years of life, rulers, media bring An interesting detail: “So, Salazar, who did not like the United States, decided not to tell that the American astronauts landed on the moon.” Also, in his newspaper they did not mention the change of government and folk excitement.

Antoniu di Oliveira Salazar was born in 1889 in a conservative religious family. From 1900 to 1908, he studied at the Catholic Seminary and was preparing to become a priest, but in 1910 he entered the law faculty of the University of the city of Koimbra. After ending with honors, he Remained Within the walls of the educational institution as a teacher, and since 1917 - and the heads of the Department of Political Economy and Finance. In 1928, General Antoniu Carmon, who came to power as a result of a military coup invited Professor Salazar head the Ministry of Finance of the country. After only four years, a former teacher occupies The post of prime minister. In total, Antoniu Di Salazar ruled Portugal for 36 years.

In August 1968, as a result of a fall from a deck chair (on another versions, he fell in the shower) at the dictator It happened An extensive stroke. He was urgently operated on, but Salazar was in a coma for several days. September 27, 1968 President of Portugal America Tomash He took off Salazara from the post of Prime Minister, entrusting the leadership of the government of Marseille Kaetan. When Salazar came to, his faithful supporters decided not to upset him with news about personnel permutations. They followed the recommendations of doctors who were afraid that after a serious illness, Salazar could not transfer stress from such news. Therefore, in order to maintain the illusion of his authorities, ministers regularly came to a half paralyzed policy to report on the situation.

Moreover, on the advice of doctors for the former prime minister, a separate copy of his beloved newspaper Diário de Notícias was printed. About this to biographers They told His housekeeper and part -time and secretary Maria Di Zhezush, as well as the attending physician of politics Eduardo Coelho. Roland FOR, a reporter of the French newspaper L’Aurore, in August 1969 interviewed Antoniu Salazar. Journalist notedthat the politician knew that Georges Pompidu replaced Charles de Gaulle, while he was absolutely not aware of the new government in his country. In that conversation, Salazar criticized the policy of the UN, the United States and especially the Soviet Union. “Who can say that the Russians, if they settled on the moon, will not try to use it as a basis for aggression?” - recalls his words Roland FOR (landing of a man to the moon was It was committed a month before the conversation, but Salazar still spoke about this as a theoretical probability).

Antoniu Salazar lived after a stroke for a little less than two years. He died July 27, 1970 was buried in his native village of Vimiyir near the graves of his parents.

Thus, relying on eyewitnesses and at the same time the lack of refutations, we can conclude that for Antoniu Salazar, a separate copy of the newspaper was really printed.