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Lot 25:
MANUSCRITO. DUAS Cartas de Hélder Ribeiro e Rascunho de resposta por Morais Sarmento . 1928.
Datadas de 17 de Julho e de 16 de Agosto de 1928; 2ff cada carta, 3 ff. rascunho.
Very interesting letters addressed to Gen. Morais Sarmento, at the time in the post of Colonel, refusing the steps that the General undertook in order for Hélder Ribeiro to be able to return to mainland Portugal, after being deported in opposition to the new political situation. In both letters, the politician states that “fortunately, despite all the inconveniences and annoyances, my way of feeling and thinking” underwent some kind of change. In the same sense, he acted with friends to prevent any deference in his favor “because, only wanting justice, I did not want to be vexed by an act of benevolence of a situation, which in my conscience degrades our dignity as citizens”. In the answer that Morais Sarmento gives to his comrade, he asks him to “remain absolutely inactive as a politician, not antagonizing, in any way, the current government”, which Helder Ribeiro refuses, repeating his arguments in the second letter. It is, therefore, very clear in these letters the position of oppositionist and resistant that Helder Ribeiro would maintain until the date of his death. Hélder Ribeiro, born in Lisbon, 1883, was a member of the Portuguese Republican Party, from an early age he distinguished himself in republican propaganda activities, having actively participated in revolutionary organizations. In 1899, he was one of the founding members of the Republican Academic League. As a young lieutenant, he collaborated with Admiral Cândido dos Reis, João Chagas and Captain Sá Cardoso in the October 5th Revolution, distinguishing himself in command of the military movements that led to the republican victory and the proclamation of the Republic. In 1911 he was elected deputy to the National Constituent Assembly for the constituency of Covilhã. Five years later he left for Mozambique and remained there until 1919, as governor of the district of Tete. When he returned to Portugal, he took office as Minister of War and the following year he was Minister of Foreign Affairs. Later, in 1924, he was in charge of the Ministry of Public Instruction and Commerce. From 1926 onwards, he took an active part in campaigns to oppose the Estado Novo. He died in Porto, on 10 November 1973.
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