Editing PIDE (section)

===DGS===
{{Infobox Government agency
|agency_name   = Directorate-General of Security
|nativename    = Direcção-Geral de Segurança
|nativename_a  =
|nativename_r  =
|logo          = Dgscomm.jpg
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|logo_caption  =
|seal          =
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|picture       =
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|formed        = 1969
|preceding1    = Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado
|dissolved     = April 25, 1974
|superseding   = 
|jurisdiction  = Portugal
|headquarters  = Lisbon
|coordinates   = 
|employees     =
|budget        =
|minister1_name  =
|minister1_pfo   =
|minister2_name  =
|minister2_pfo   =
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|chief1_name     =
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|chief2_name     =
|chief2_position =
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|agency_type   =
|parent_agency = Ministry of the Interior
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}}

In 1969, [[Marcelo Caetano]] changed the name PIDE to DGS (''Direcção-Geral de Segurança'', "General Security Directorate"). The death of Salazar and the subsequent ascension of Caetano brought some attempts at [[democratization]], in order to avoid popular insurgency against [[censorship]], the ongoing colonial war, and the general restriction of civil rights. This resulted in a decrease in the perceived level of [[violence]] used by the secret police and a consequent reduction in its effectiveness.