EDITORIAL
The international solidarity with the struggling Mozambican people
and their movement, FRELIMO, is increasingly wide-spread and
positive.  All African and Asian countries express, concretely
and actively, their support for FRELIMO.  In 1963, "the Organisation of African Unity, after a study of the situation in Mozambique, identified itself with our ideals and recognised
FRELIMO as the only movement representative of the Mozambican
people.  The Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Conference in 1963
approved a resolution in which it "encouraged FRELIMO to carry
on the struggle against Portuguese colonialism, imperialism
and neo-colonialism", and "assured the Mozambican people and
their organisation FRELIMO of its entire support in their
struggle for freedom." In May 1965, the same organisation
elected FRELIMO to membership on its Executive Committee.  All
the socialist countries in Europe support us, morally and materially.  The solidarity of the countries of Latin America is
also alive, although mainly in terms of moral support.
It is not by accident that FRELIMO is internationally recognised
and supported.  That recognition is based on the popular nature
of our organisation, on our activity among the people in our
country,- because it is not words or manoeuvres that make peoples,
governments and organisations throughout the world recognise and
support a political movement.  It is the fact that a movement
represents the people, interprets the popular will and has the
full support «of -the masses.  Without the support of the people,
the fighting programmes of FRELIMO would be condemned to failure.
The support of the people explains all our victories.
This support also explains the opposition that the imperialist and
neo-colonialist countries maintain against us.  In fact, since
our revolution is a popular one, after independence the power
will* belong to the people.  Exploitation will no longer be
possible.  Those countries (namely the United States of America,
West Germany, Britain, Switzerland and Belgium) today control
Mozambique.economically through Portugal.  After our victory
against Portuguese colonialism, sovereign power will be restored
to the people.  Mozambique will stop serving these imperialist
powers as a source of raw materials and as a market for their
products.  Is it therefore strange that the United States and
Britain (as well as all other imperialist countries) say NO to
our independence and say YES to Portuguese colonialism?
That NO, however,•does not stop our revolution.  Our struggle develops, not only the armed struggle, but also the political
struggle;  In the regions where the armed struggle has not yet
begun, the people are impatient.  We explained to them the programme of FRELIMO.  We have told them of the victories already
achieved by FRELIMO militants in the Northern and North Central