# Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume XXXI, Document 240

Office of the Historian, United States Department of State, 1968-12-20

- Address: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v31/d240
- Kind: primary document
- Last checked: 2026-09-26
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [Brazil's military government decrees the Fifth Institutional Act and moves to control the press](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1968-brazil-institutional-act-five-press-controls)
- [Claim 851: The United States Embassy reported that government sources said the plan was to ease press restrictions on newspapers gradually, with suggestions of self-restraint already made to editors.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/851)
- [Claim 852: The embassy reported that control over the press would be maintained through the threat of renewed restrictions and economic measures, since most Brazilian newspapers were in debt to the government, which held a monopoly on newsprint.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/852)
- [Claim 853: Artur da Costa e Silva remained president of Brazil after the Fifth Institutional Act was decreed, though his freedom of action was limited.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/853)
- [Claim 854: The United States Embassy assessed that restoring press freedom in Brazil would be a long process.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/854)

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