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FRELlftflO
MOZAMBIQUE LIBERATION FRONT
&T>
vVUaaaaa. ^^1&t£
No 76
On the 10th ox October 1S66 PRELIMO guerrillas attacked
with mortars the administrative center of MUEDA* On the 11th,
the airfield of MUEDA was bombed also v/ith,.mortar shells * On
the 12th, a Portuguese soldier, corporal ne 2178/64, JOSE
INACIO BISPO CATARINO, from the military guarrison of MUEDA,
deserted and surrendered to the guerrillas.
On being interrogated, he said he had deserted because
he had been impressed by our force, as showed during tho two.
attacks on the Administration and the airfield of MUEDA. He
therefore became affraid.
He revealed that the Portuguese soldiers are badly mistreated by their officers. "They treat us like dogsn~ he said.
He did not hide his plan of ..escape to his colleagues^ But their
only reaction was to brand him as being mad; they were convinced that it v/as impossible to escape.
He declared he had already taken part in many combats,
11from which i v/as very lucky to oome out alive"- he said.
There are many casualties among the Portuguese-troop5<> Among
the officers there are several paralysed and blindedo Those
v/ho had their limbs amputated, are sent to West Germany, v/here
they receive artificial legs andarmso
JOSE INACIO CATARINO said also that the Portuguese soldiers are usually sent to the bush for periods of 15 days,
during which they must try to localise and fight the guerrillas.
The ambushes they sufxer5 however., force them to return before
thetend of that period. When they are in the bush, the soldiers
do not obey nor respect their officers. And, if the officer
tries to force the group to enter a zone v/hich the soldiers
consider dangerous, that officer is killed by the soldiers* He
dares not accuse the undisciplined soldiers before his superiors, for fear of possible liquidation by them on the next
action.
When asked the reason why and for what the Portuguese
soldiers fight, he answered that the lessons they are thaught
by the officers are always the same: ?Tto fight for the defense
of the country.
About the results of our bombing-at MUEDA, he declared
that 2 reconnaissance. aire rafts v/ere destroyed and one sergeant gravely wounded. The 2 bombers and the helicopter we:
Object Description
| Title | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO). Communique no. 76 (1966 Nov. 15) |
| Description | Reports that the FRELIMO guerillas attacked the administrative center of Mueda on October 10 and 11. On October 12, a Portuguese soldier deserted and surrendered to the guerillas. While being interrogated, he told them of the bad treatment the Portuguese soldiers were getting from their officers, that there are many casualties among the Portuguese troops. The soldiers are usually sent to the bush for periods of 15 days to localize and fight the guerillas. In the bush they do not obey or respect their officers and if the officer forces them to go the a dangerous zone, the soldiers kill their officer. It also reports the attacks and ambushes done by the guerillas against the Portuguese soldiers in Cabo Delgado Province during the month of October 1966. |
| Subject (lcsh) |
Nationalism -- Mozambique Self-determination, National Mozambique -- History Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1933-1974 |
| Geographic Subject (Country) | Mozambique |
| Geographic Subject (Continent) | Africa |
| Geographic Coordinates | -18.6696821,35.5273356 |
| Coverage date | 1966-09-25/1966-10-31 |
| Creator | FRELIMO |
| Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date created | 1966-11-15 |
| Date issued | 1966-11-15 |
| Type | texts |
| Format | 2 p. |
| Format (aat) | communiques |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Legacy Record ID | chil-m58 |
| Part of collection | Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa, 1959-1965 |
| Part of subcollection | Mozambique Collection |
| Rights | The University of Southern California has licensed the rights to this material from the Aluka initiative of Ithaka Harbors, Inc., a non-profit Delaware corporation whose address is 151 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021 |
| Physical access | Original archive is at the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
| Repository Name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository Address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository Email | specol@usc.edu |
| Filename | CENPA-067 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-067~01 |
| Filename | CENPA-067~01.tiff |
| Full text | FRELlftflO MOZAMBIQUE LIBERATION FRONT &T> vVUaaaaa. ^^1&t£ No 76 On the 10th ox October 1S66 PRELIMO guerrillas attacked with mortars the administrative center of MUEDA* On the 11th, the airfield of MUEDA was bombed also v/ith,.mortar shells * On the 12th, a Portuguese soldier, corporal ne 2178/64, JOSE INACIO BISPO CATARINO, from the military guarrison of MUEDA, deserted and surrendered to the guerrillas. On being interrogated, he said he had deserted because he had been impressed by our force, as showed during tho two. attacks on the Administration and the airfield of MUEDA. He therefore became affraid. He revealed that the Portuguese soldiers are badly mistreated by their officers. "They treat us like dogsn~ he said. He did not hide his plan of ..escape to his colleagues^ But their only reaction was to brand him as being mad; they were convinced that it v/as impossible to escape. He declared he had already taken part in many combats, 11from which i v/as very lucky to oome out alive"- he said. There are many casualties among the Portuguese-troop5<> Among the officers there are several paralysed and blindedo Those v/ho had their limbs amputated, are sent to West Germany, v/here they receive artificial legs andarmso JOSE INACIO CATARINO said also that the Portuguese soldiers are usually sent to the bush for periods of 15 days, during which they must try to localise and fight the guerrillas. The ambushes they sufxer5 however., force them to return before thetend of that period. When they are in the bush, the soldiers do not obey nor respect their officers. And, if the officer tries to force the group to enter a zone v/hich the soldiers consider dangerous, that officer is killed by the soldiers* He dares not accuse the undisciplined soldiers before his superiors, for fear of possible liquidation by them on the next action. When asked the reason why and for what the Portuguese soldiers fight, he answered that the lessons they are thaught by the officers are always the same: ?Tto fight for the defense of the country. About the results of our bombing-at MUEDA, he declared that 2 reconnaissance. aire rafts v/ere destroyed and one sergeant gravely wounded. The 2 bombers and the helicopter we: |
| Archival file | Volume5/CENPA-067~01.tiff |
