the United States of America, West Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy
and Belgium, the victory v/ill finally be ours. Our people, united under
FRELIMO will continue to put in practice the decisions of the Second Congress
and of the Central Committee, with a view to extend the armed struggle  _ .;. ••
throughout the country and guided by the basic principle of self-reliance,
we will redouble our efforts to eliminate completely all forms of oppression
as well as exploitation of man by man, while building a free, independent and
peoples' Mozambique.
In fact, FRELIMO and the Mozambican people are aware that our struggle, is
increasingly becoming a struggle against the combined colonialist, imperialist,
fascist and racist forces of Portugal, South Africa and Ian Smith, supported
by the military, economic and political, pov/er of the NATO alliance. To prove
this reality, it suffices to point out that at this very moment when v/e are
addressing you, our forces are fighting not only the Portuguese army, but also
the South African army. In order to fight against our forces they have
already established three military posts in Tete Province and in Niassa
Province a battalion and 25 military aircraft, notwithstanding the well -
equipped medical teams and the army of so-called "advisors." And so, our
struggle is already within the context of the struggle for the defence of the
interests of the masses of Southern Africa and, consequently, of Africa as a
whole.
Comrades,
This present reality of our country resulting from the revolutionary development of the struggle of our people against the Portuguese colonialism and
world imperialism, for the achievement of freedom, defines the dimension of
the fight before us, the historic, difficult and at the same time, grandiose
task to be accomplished. We undertook this task, within our own capacity,
with courage, determination and enthusiasm, not only because v/e consider it
our revolutionary duty, but also because we know it is shared by all of Africa,
and more particularly, by you, the people of Tanzania. We are indeed well
av/are that the great successes we have achieved so far v/ere partly due to
the solidarity shown to us by TANU-AFRO-SHIRAZI and the people of Tanzania.
This solidarity, on the one hand, demonstrated by concrete material and
moral support to our struggle and, on  the other hand by the firm and revolutionary position taken in the face of attempts repeatedly perpetrated by the
Portuguese colonialists against the sovereignty of Tanzania(which has already
caused the loss of many Tanzanian lives); this solidarity constitutes, no
doubt, one of the most important bases of the victory of our people in the
course of the liberation struggle. For this reason we would like to reaffirm,
before this Revolutionary Assembly of your XIV Congress, the deep feeling
of gratitude from our militants and people of Mozambique for the solidarity
and sympathy always and constantly shov/n by TANU-AFRO-SHIRAZI and all of the
Tanzanian people towards FRELIMO and the armed, revolutionary struggle we
are successfully waging for national liberation.
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