3.
"4#  Calls upon all States, and in particular the mil-
itary allies of Portugal within the framework of NATO,
to refrain from supplying that country with arms and
munitions and all other forms of assistance so long
as the Portuguese Government fails to renounce its
policy of colonial domination. ..."
The most important aspects of this resolution are the following;
a. It makes our struggle legitimate.  The legitimacy
of our armed struggle for liberation is now recognized
by this world organisation.
b. Consequently, all the moral and material support
that other countries and organisations give to us will
now have a legal as well as a moral basis.
c. The imperialist policies of NATO, represented in
this concrete case by the support that that organisation gives to Portuguese colonialism, is condemned by
the United Nations* although . indirectly * through an
appeal.
V/e could not expect more from the United Nations. As a matter—«
of fact, it was not without opposition that that" rftgoJutioyy jp^g
approved:  the United States and Great Britain voted against it;
-XtLQJOl*- Jo**ti*QJ4&-~ajm& abstained.
,It is important to stress this point:  by voting against,
the United States and firltflin clQPirly affirm that they do not
condemn ixhe no] mod aJ j a%-t>^iiQv of "PeaHRogalr on the contrary, they
support it.  They do not recognise the right of the peoples of the
Portuguese colonies to independence.  We appreciate this clearly
defined, attitude.  It allows us to establish without frewLtcution
the basis of our relations with these countries in the present aqcj
for the future.
Italy, Australia and Denmark abstained. What is the meaning
of an abstention in a vote such as this one? The meaning can only
be this:  those countries oppose the resolution, but have not the
moral courage to declare it publicly. V/e have no doubts about
this.  Australia, for example, already has sent more than 1,000
coldiers to South Vietnam to fight at the side of the American
invaders against the people of that country.  Italy and Denmark,
by voting against the resolution, are behaving in accordance w^th
the principles of the imperialist and pro-colonialist alliance
they belong to, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
One fact must be noted:  after the vote, the delegate of one
of these countries told us that he and his delegation personally
supported our struggle absolutely, that after hearing the proofs
we had presented, they were convinced that in fact the armed
struggle is the only way we can oppose Portuguese colonialism,