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PIDE

The International and State Defense Police (Portuguese: Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado; PIDE) was a Portuguese security agency that existed during the Estado Novo regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. Formally, the main roles of the PIDE were the border, immigration and emigration control and internal and external state security. Over time…

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Headquarters
Rua António Maria Cardoso 22, Lisbon, Portugal
Dissolved
24 November 1969
Formed
22 October 1933
Jurisdiction
Portugal
Parent agency
Ministry of the Interior
Preceding agency
Polícia de Vigilância e de Defesa do Estado

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PIDE

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Edges99
Triples79
Avg. degree1.98
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related to background · 16
PIDE → April, Civic Police, Ditadura Nacional, During, Emigration Police, In, October, Portuguese First Republic, Preventive, Preventive Police, Social Defense Police, State, State Security Police, The, The Emigration Police, The Preventive Police
related to PIDE · 15
PIDE → Administrative, As, At, Criminal, Gestapo, In, Interpol, It, Polícia Judiciária, Portuguese, PVDE, Receiving, Scotland Yard, State, Unlike
related to PVDE · 15
PIDE → Censorship, Defesa, Estado, Estado Novo, International Section, Political Defence Section, Polícia, PVDE, Salazar, Social, State Defence, Surveillance, The, Under, Vigilância
related to DGS · 10
PIDE → Caetano, DGS, Direcção-Geral, General Security Directorate, In, Marcelo Caetano, Salazar, Segurança, The, This
related to External links · 7
PIDE → Documentation, Duncan Simpson's, History, National Archive, PIDE/DGS, Portuguese, September
see also · 6
PIDE → Cape Verde, Estado Novo, FlechasTarrafal, Informações, República PortuguesaOPSPortuguese Legion, Sistema
Headquarters · 2
PIDE → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…, Rua António Maria Cardoso 22, Lisbon, Portugal
Dissolved · 1
PIDE → 24 November 1969
Formed · 1
PIDE → 22 October 1933
Jurisdiction · 1
PIDE → Portugal

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police portuguese pvde dgs lisbon international state estado political de two security agency secret control information polícia defense social war

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PIDEDissolved24 November 19691.00infobox
PIDEFormed22 October 19331.00infobox
PIDEHeadquartersRua António Maria Cardoso 22, Lisbon, Portugal1.00infobox
PIDEHeadquarters.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
PIDEJurisdictionPortugal1.00infobox
PIDEParent agencyMinistry of the Interior1.00infobox
PIDEPreceding agencyPolícia de Vigilância e de Defesa do Estado1.00infobox
PIDESuperseding agencyDirecção-Geral de Segurança1.00infobox
PIDETypeSecret police1.00infobox
Ian Fleminginstance ofWriters0.80text
PIDErelated to backgroundDuring0.60section
PIDErelated to backgroundPortuguese First Republic0.60section

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