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The State Surveillance and Defense Police (Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado) (PVDE) was a police force of the Portuguese State, which operated between 1933 and "1945." The PVDE was responsible for border surveillance, control of foreigners, immigration control. And state security.