SANTOS, Pedro Manuel. Portugal and NATO.: The colonial foreign policy of «Estado Novo» and the allies (1961-1968). []. , 21, pp.45-60. ISSN 1645-9199.

This article analyses the way Portuguese diplomacy worked trough NATO to defend the regime’s colonial policy, as well as the obstacles it faced during the 1960’s after the beginning of the armed conflict in Angola. It also emphasizes the role of Kennedy and Johnson administrations in the Atlantic Alliance and in the Portuguese foreign policy development as well as the allies’ perception on Portuguese behaviour.

: NATO; “Estado Novo”; colonial policy; United States.

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