through the post.  It v/as not possible to discover the immediate agent
of the crime:  but the same preoccupation plagued us, might not this
crime be related to the differences existing amongst us ?
The Central Committee analysed this problem.  For several days the items
on the agenda concerning this matter were discussed. The ideological
lines motivating the behaviour of the divergent groups was disooveredc
For example, one of the most active representatives of one group was
Lazaro Nkavandame, Provincial Secretary of Cabo Delgado, Member of the
Central Committee, responsible for the Commercial Section in that Province,  His attitude and mentality are typical of the group to which
he belonged,  Lazaro was opposed to the strategy of a protracted v/ar.
According to him, we should concentrate all our forces in Cabo Delgado,
drive out the Portuguese from the Province and proclaim the independence of Cabo Delgado.  We thought at first that this position stemmed
from ignorance, or from a distorted outlook of our real situation confronted as we are v/ith the enormous military power of the colonialists,.
But then we started receiving complaints from the people of Cabo Delgadoc
They complained that they v/ere being exploited - the value of the goods
they received from FRELIMO in exchange for their products was scandalously disproportional. -  These accusations were directed against
Nkavandame who was in control of the commercial activities *  Things then
became clear.  It was not ignorance.  Nkavandame and his group had a
precise objective when they demanded independence of Cabo Delgado alone*
What they really wanted v/as to substitute themselves for the Portuguese
cplonialists in exploiting our people.  Similarly, the preoccupation
with a quick victory, before the people were politically mature: because
then they would oppose resolutely any form of exploitation.  The development of the struggle, the existence of liberated areas had thus made
appear a specific category of persons - the exploiters of the people«
Certain other comrades, opposed the correct solution because of their
empirical conception of nationalism.  This made it impossible for them
to distinguish our friends from our enemies.  For them, all Mozambicans
of African origin were "Nationalists", and as such should be accepted
in our movement, without any investigation of their political orientation, or of their possible connection with the enemy.  Thus, when
enemy agents like Mateus Gv/enjere appeared in our midst perpetrating a
series of actions aimed at destroying FRELIMO, these comrades opposed
any action by FRELIMO against them, or at least abstained, alleging
that "they are also nationalists". Thus, the enemy, taking advantage of
our contradictions and erroneous conceptions, could strengthen its
action against us.
Yet other comrades, by the bureaucratic nature of their functions
coupled with their lack of a solid political base, were overtaken by
the Revolution*. Living outside, wrapped up in their small world of
comfortable routine and papers, they lost contact with the reality of
the war and became unable to distinguish the principal from the secondary, the immediate from the long-term tasks.  So, they opposed
measures aimed at the intensification of the war, at the subordination
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