# Claim 850

A State Department cable said the crisis that led to the Fifth Institutional Act began with a speech by opposition deputy Marcio Moreira Alves on the floor of Congress that the military considered insulting to the army.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

- Statement: A State Department cable said the crisis that led to the Fifth Institutional Act began with a speech by opposition deputy Marcio Moreira Alves on the floor of Congress that the military considered insulting to the army.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: Origin in the Moreira Alves speech
- About: [incident 1968-brazil-institutional-act-five-press-controls](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1968-brazil-institutional-act-five-press-controls)
- Source: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume XXXI, Document 236. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v31/d236
- Publisher: Office of the Historian, United States Department of State
- Method: primary document
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: high
- Status: current
- Source date: 1968-12-14

## Quotation from the source

> Current crisis had its precise beginnings in a speech by opposition deputy Moreira Alves on floor of Congress which was insulting to army.

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