Dear John,
Please don't torture yourself. Look at the other face of the coin.
Remember, "There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it hardly behooves any of us
To talk about the rest of us. "
Edward Wallis Hoch, Marion (Kansas) Record
(1849 - 1925) .
Your uncle's name was Anibal and I remember him as a Policeman. I don't know
if he was also a member of PIDE.
When I was studying at Fatima Convent I used to see him at the Police
Quarters, in his room situated at the right corner of the building. He
appeared to be a pleasant man, and always wished us with a smiling face.
When I went back to Goa in October 1964, having left Goa in 1959, theres was
some political unrest, I remember, because there was some deflagration of
bombs and a rumour that Casimiro Monteiro was down in Goa. He had even
stayed in Curtorim, with the family I know well. I remember aa woman telling
me that she had even drawn water from the well for him to have a bath by the
well and he had CM tatooed on his chest. I wonder how far this is true but
holding a Portuguese Passport then did mean that we were under special
vigilance. But we were not worried and moved freely around because we
followed the saying "Quem nao deve nao teme".
So as said Shakespeare..."to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,........"
Regards - Livia
Message: 5
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:41:33 +0100 (BST)
From: JOHN MONTEIRO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Agente Casimiro Emerito Teles Jordao Monteiro
WAS my father.............
Dear Eugene
Thank you for the posting, it was nice to read differing stories,
majority are coming to me in private emails, but there are two things that
jut out for me, one is that he brought his work home & used us as his
target practice by the very way in which he behaved when he was home,
which was thankfully not very often. I say this now, but of course as a
child, one is always asking, then stops asking after a while, its easier
on the mind.
Secondly he did not have to enjoy the job as much as he obviously did,
carrying out the atrocities with much gusto, that is equally evil, no
matter what, he may have been a man of his time but he was not a nice
person, in sense of the word, my mother suffered at his hands, that is
enough for any child to put aside any thoughts of a lovely, kind father
....
Best wishes
John
