A GUERRA SECRETA DE VARGAS : O SERVIÇO SECRETO BRASILEIRO E A SEGUNDA GUERRA MUNDIAL

Abstract:
We  seek  to  present  in  the  paper  the  Brazilian
Secret Service led by Varga´s Political Police in
the context of the Second World War, and show
how  its  espionage  and  infiltration  operated  in
both the Axis and Allied powers. Our analysis
starts from the definition of intelligence activity
as both a dispute for secrecy and a production
of  knowledge  that  expresses  the  interests  of
the  producers  themselves.  Such  knowledge,  as
well  as  the  format  and  modus  operandi of  the
Secret  Service  at  the  time  are  documented  in
the reserved reports and bulletins produced by
the  police  agency,  and  analyzed  based  on  the
definitions of intelligence proposed here.

Keywords: Secret  Service,  Vargas  era,  World
War II