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**-* Brother ChJremba moved to amend the agenda for a closed meet
ing on discussion of the problem of unity among Mozambican students.
The amendment was unanimously approved.
During the course of the Conference, Mr. Nabel, the president
of the Arab student organization in the USA, x^as given the opportunity to address the audience.  In his speech, Mr. Nabel said,
"I represent the U.R. students in the USAf  Our student organization
can help you with anything that we can do for your student organization."  After the speech the chairman thanked him.
Brother Antonio Boustcha Kaciputu, the former general secretary
of UNEMO (US section) presented the report of 1963 activities, from
April to November.  He mentioned the publication of the Mozambique.
Bulletin which he said is an internal and external affairs bulletin.
The report also read that the executive released $12 for UNEMO fs
membership dues in C.S.C.; $12 to buy an ink-stamp.  Brother Kaciputu
mentioned that USNSA offered us a sum of $60.00 which went to the
purchase of a mimeographing machine, and pointed out that the US
section needs two typewriters for our secretaries. Finally he mentioned that because he had received letters of complaint from
Mozambican students in American schools the executive decided to appoint a committee of five designed to orientate students who have
difficulties.
The report was followed by an intervention of the UNEA observer,
Mr« Paul Tuba, who, in his speech said "I would like to present to
you my best wishes.  The mozambican students as well as the angolan
students fled from Portugese domination.  We are here in good position but we must not forget to consult our leaders so that we can work
to gether.  It is our duty to persuade our leaders to come together
so that we can achieve unity".  Mr. Tuba was followed by the Intervention of USNSA observer, Mr. Jim Hendrick, who spoke about the formation and the activities of USNSA.  After his speech the chairman
thanked him and expressed UNEMOfs apreciation for USNSA, cooperation
and solidarity with the cause of mozambican students.  The. national
president, brother Joao Nhambiu intervened in order to explain the
spirit in which UNEMO was founded.  In his speech he said "After we
led from Portugal we realized that we could not be indifferent to the
situation of our mozambican students who are still under the chains
of Portuguese opression.  Prom this feeling of duty to the common problems of mozambican students, we founded UNEMO with.the hope that our
brothers outside Mozambique would join us in the realization of the
goals of UNEMO".
Considering that there were visiting observers on June 5th, the
assembly approved a proposal by the chairman to postpone the discussion of unity until the next morning. Meanwhile, the assembly
approved the chairman's proposal to discuss the next item of the
agenda.  The relationship between UNEMO and the Mozambique Institute,
Before discussion of this item, the chairman permitted brother
Pascoal Mocumbi to address the audience in order to give assembly some
information on the situation of the Mozambique Institute, Prelimo and
the students in Dar Salaam. In his speech brother Mocumbi, International Vice President of UNEMO, laid "Do not forget that you are
students as well as people who should be interested in the national
struggle, I believe, however, that we are going to talk as soldiers
dedicated to liberate our brothers and sisters from the chains of
Portuguese opression".  Brother Mocumbi went on to speak about
criticism and self-criticism. He said that he had been in contact