THE RACISTS
If the Luso-Brazilian bloc has only
started to take shape, the affiance
between Portugal and South Africa
has been* for many years, a gruesome reality.
Last May a South African trade
mission visited Angola, where an
exhibition of South African products
was being held (PJ. 28,5.69).
An exhibition of military equipment captured by the Portuguese
troops fighting African nationalists
was held tn Cape Town, It was sponsored by The Mozambique and
Angola Soldiers Comfort Fund',
This organization collected another
£20,000 for gifts for the Portuguese
troops (PJ. 28.5.69).
The Governor-General of Angola
declared that South Africa is welcome to contribute towards Angola's
"development", both with finance
and equipment. Therefore, even
though the trade balance is negative,
Angola should continue encouraging
the import of South African products (PJ. 6.6.69),
The South African Foreign Minister has been in Lisbon oa an official
visit. He met the Portuguese Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister to
'attempt to solve some common problems and to plan how to face
battles ahead' (D.L. 15.6.69).
Under the heading 4S. Africans
Consulting Lisbon and London*, the
London Times recently gave unusual
prominence to the South African
Foreign Minister's visit to Lisbon,
According to this newspaper, one of
the topics under discussion is likely
to have been a South African-
Portuguese joint view on the Rhode*
sian referendum.  Mr.  Muller,  the
South African Foreign Secretary,
declared that his country was ^filling
the power vacuum in the Indian
Ocean as the result of Britain's
decision to withdraw her fences east
of Suez4 (The Tmm\ 11.6.69).
The South African Vice-President
of the Senate, Mr. P. Malan* has
been appointed to the newly-created
position of Consul-Genera! in Angola
(PJ. 17.6.69).
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES
In the 1969 Portuguese budget the
ordinary expenses will amount* to
£218 million and extraordinary expenses to £143 million.
Forty-five per cent of the ordinary
expenses (£159 million) were used
for repression and the Army in 1968.
From the extraordinary expenses
for 2969 a total of £91 million or
63 per cent of the total will be
used in the colonial wars, in repression and in agreement with
Portugal's NATO membership.
Spending is as follow:
To comply with
international
agreements
Military forces in the
colonies       	
Extra for re-equipment
of the Army and Air
Force
Buying 3 escort vessels
and 4 submarines
(Partial payment) ...
Buying 6 corvettes
(Partial payment) ...
Navy installations
NATO installations ...
Building of 6 escort
vessels 	
West German Beja
air base      	
Enlargement of the Air
Force factory
To comply with agreement with France ..,
Evora Communications
Centre        	
Public Security
All this in a country which has the
lowest standards of living and health
in Europe.
3,100,000
57,100,000
14,300,000
7,400,000
1,300,000
1,700,000
1,600,000
400,000
1,300,000
1,400,000
400,000
300,000
100,000