Dr. Eduardo Mondlane Attacks United States1 Cooperation with Portugal
Last March Admiral Anderson paid an official visit to Angola and
Mozambique. Admiral Anderson is the Ambassador of the United States of
America in Lisbon. As Ambassador he officially represents the American
Government in whatever he does and says. That is to say, the political
line followed by him, his declarations and actions reflect the position of
the Department of State, which represents the general political line of
the Government of the United States.
When, therefore, Admiral Anderson, at the end of his triumphant
visit to Angola and Mozambique, declared that he was "tremendously
impressed" by the development of the overseas territories of Portugal and
by the progress and well-being of the populations of those territories,
and that he had noted the complete absence of racial discrimination; when
Admiral Anderson proclaims the unity which he said existed between Portugal
and the United States of America, we of the Mozambique Liberation Front
have no alternative but to conclude that this is the point of view of the
United States Government.
The fundamental point to be underlined here is the following:
Admiral Anderson could not have found racial equality in Portuguese
colonies, for there is racism in all Portuguese colonies, especially in
Mozambique.  All the commissions of inquiry which were created by the
United Nations to study Portuguese colonial problems were unanimous in
this respect.  Let us cite a few here.  The Special Committee on Territories
Under Portuguese Administration in its report presented to the General
Assembly the following conclusions:
"....the Committee finds with serious concern that
political and civil rights have not been fully extended to all inhabitants and discrimination against
them (meaning against the indigenous peoples) has
not been removed." (Para. ^10)
"....the Committee is not convinced that the indigenous inhabitants are now guaranteed just treatment
and equality under the law." (Para. ^17)
"....forced labour...apparently continues to exist
in actual practice even now in all territories
under Portuguese administration." (Para. *flB)
Similarly, Ambassador Anderson could not have found progress,
well-being and harmonious relations in Portuguese colonies except among
the Portuguese settlers, for misery dominates the African population of
these territories.  That same United Nations Committee in its report declared, in paragraph ^33, that, "...in the economic field there has been
little significant change in levels of living of the indigenous population,
whereas exports of some mineral and agricultural products have increased
over the past decade." Further on in the same report the Committee said,