FRELIMO In Lusaka - March I96U
According to the latest news coming from FRELIMO'2 branch in Lusaka, capital of
Northern Rhodesia, the Portugueses in Mozambique are continuously disrespecting
our attempts to achieve independence to live, to have property. The spokesman of
the FRELIMO movement at the press conference in that town pointed out Portuguese
barbarities. He said: "The Portuguese in reaction to FRELIMO1s activities and
massive organization, have decided to arrest, to emprison and to kill our people
as a measure to impede Mozambique from becoming free and independent.
"However, the Portuguese whould know that even if the sun has to rise from the
west, Mozambique will be free and will have a majority government. The right to
rule Mozambique will be restored to its peopl and this will take palce very soon."
It is true that machine guns and other means of torture used by the Portuguese
will not be able to quench the flaming aesire we have of achieving independence.
The saine spokesman added: "The Portuguese rule by terror and gunpoint must come
to an end immediately. The present situation in Mozambique cannot be borne by-
anybody. So^forty thousand (40,000) soldiers are scattered throughout Mozambique".
When the Portuguese are being attacked because of using force against disarmed
natives, they argue that this is impossible since everything is peaceful inside
Mozambique. Why do they bring so many soldiers, if everything is quiet, why so
many machine guns?
They still use the arguments that the terrorists come from other countries and
agitate the territories under their domination, but inside there is nothing wrong.
I am against this fallacy. If the people inaide don't revolt, it is because they
are being squashed by the police, by the soldiers.
If we disarm all this force, we will see that within hours all natives will rebel
and take over. Furthermore, those vho organize struggle in rar-es-Salaam are not
strangers. Their leader was born in Mozambique and lived in Mozambique. The
soldiers were being trained in Dar for our liberation are all Mozambique citizens
• Escaped from Mozambique, some recently and some a Jong time ago.
The spokesman continued: "Within this month alone, the following arrests have
taken place: 50 in Zumbo, Tete District; 7 at Zavale, In .Ihambane District;
70 at Cobwe in Niassa District; and many other arrests in areas from which information has not reached us yet.