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**&ttOFtGi? On the 13th of July the Portuguese "Overseas" Minister arrived in Mozambique, making his second visit to this "province" since he began his term of office. On this occasion the pretext is the inauguration of the so called "Congress of the Communities of Portuguese culture". This is not, however, the real reason for the minister's presence. The real reason is hinted at in the final part of the Communique of the Lusit- ania Hews Agency, which announces the visit. There it is said that "The Overseas Minister will visit Cabo Delgado, and this visit is awaited there with great anxiety because the (Portuguese) population is hoping that it will provide solutions for some of their most pressing problems"*. There is a certain parallel between this visit and the one that McNamara, the American Defense Secretary payed to South Vietnam earlier this month. McNamara has already been to Vietnam 9 times before. By annalysing the situation which preceeded these visits we can see that each one coincided with a period in which the American forces had suffered severe setbacks, His presence was part of an attempt to revitalise an army which had lost its initiative and was being . defeated on all fronts. The comparison with Mozambique holds good. For what is the situation there which has precipitated this visit of the "Overseas" Minister? What are those "pressing problems" which affect the Portuguese population and which, as they hope, the arrival of the "Overseas" Minister is going to solve? Anyone who has followed the evolution of the struggle in Mozambique will know that, during the past months our liberation forces have won a series of very important victories over the Portuguese colonial army. Nearly every day Portuguese soldiers fall into ambushes organised by our guerrillas, while our forces are already able to attack and destroy Portuguese military posts, such as the one at MARERE, taken a few weeks ago,During the period between the 9th of February and the 19 of May, in Niassa, and between the 1st of April and the 7th of June in Cabo Delgado, our fighters -1-
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Filename | CENPA-025~03.tiff |
Full text | **&ttOFtGi? On the 13th of July the Portuguese "Overseas" Minister arrived in Mozambique, making his second visit to this "province" since he began his term of office. On this occasion the pretext is the inauguration of the so called "Congress of the Communities of Portuguese culture". This is not, however, the real reason for the minister's presence. The real reason is hinted at in the final part of the Communique of the Lusit- ania Hews Agency, which announces the visit. There it is said that "The Overseas Minister will visit Cabo Delgado, and this visit is awaited there with great anxiety because the (Portuguese) population is hoping that it will provide solutions for some of their most pressing problems"*. There is a certain parallel between this visit and the one that McNamara, the American Defense Secretary payed to South Vietnam earlier this month. McNamara has already been to Vietnam 9 times before. By annalysing the situation which preceeded these visits we can see that each one coincided with a period in which the American forces had suffered severe setbacks, His presence was part of an attempt to revitalise an army which had lost its initiative and was being . defeated on all fronts. The comparison with Mozambique holds good. For what is the situation there which has precipitated this visit of the "Overseas" Minister? What are those "pressing problems" which affect the Portuguese population and which, as they hope, the arrival of the "Overseas" Minister is going to solve? Anyone who has followed the evolution of the struggle in Mozambique will know that, during the past months our liberation forces have won a series of very important victories over the Portuguese colonial army. Nearly every day Portuguese soldiers fall into ambushes organised by our guerrillas, while our forces are already able to attack and destroy Portuguese military posts, such as the one at MARERE, taken a few weeks ago,During the period between the 9th of February and the 19 of May, in Niassa, and between the 1st of April and the 7th of June in Cabo Delgado, our fighters -1- |
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