456. Editorial Note
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio de Oliveira Salazar underwent emergency brain surgery on September 6, 1968, and slipped into a coma [Page 787] on September 16. On September 26, President Americo de Deus Rodrigues Tomas announced that Salazar would not recover and appointed Marcello Caetano as his successor. Secretary Rusk visited Lisbon November 18–19 and met with Prime Minister Caetano and Foreign Minister Nogueira. Memoranda of conversation recording the Secretary’s discussions with Caetano and Nogueira are in Department of State, Central Files, ORG 7 S. Three of these memoranda are scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, volume XII.