[Copy of the second handwritten letter by Zuzu Angel, addressed to General Ernesto Geisel (President of the Brazilian republic)]

Registration number: ZA03.XX.01.01.XX.0001
Type of collection:Documental
Registration number:ZA03.XX.01.01.XX.0001
Background: ZULEIKA ANGEL JONES – ZUZU ANGEL
Function: Political activity
Title: [Copy of the second handwritten letter by Zuzu Angel, addressed to General Ernesto Geisel (President of the Brazilian republic)]
Production date:29/04/1975
Local production:Legacy
Description level:Level 5 Documental item
Genre:Textual
Documental type:Copy of Letter
Support:Paper
Dimensions:
Width: 22,00
Height: 33,90
Number of pages: 4,00
Producer name/Author:Zuleika Angel Jones
Historical archives:
Immediate source of acquisition / Legacy of Hildegard Angel's private collection.
Content
Copy of the second handwritten letter sent to the then President of the Republic, General Ernesto Geisel, questioning him about the disappearance of Stuart Angel. The document is made up by two pages, which are bound together to a copy of another letter in English, without mentions of date or sender.
Associated events:Military dictatorship.
Languages:English, Portuguese

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