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THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE IN MOZAMBIQUE - Page 11. 3) Maximum utilization of the energies and capabilities of each member of FRELIMO; 4) To promote and accelerate the training of cadres; 5) To use every effort to expedite the access of Mozambique to freedom; 6) To promote the social and cultural development of Mozambican women; 7) To develop literacy programmes for Mozambican people, creating schools wherever possible; 8) To encourage and support the formation and consolidation of trade unions, student and women's organizations; 9) Encourage as much as possible cooperation with nationalist organizations of Angola, Guinea and Cape Verde; 10) To procure all means of self-defense and prepare the people for every eventuality; 11) .To appeal for financial support from organiza tions which sympathize with the cause of the people of Mozambique; ••• . • 12) To establish permanent centers of information . and propaganda in all perts of the world; . 13) To seek diplomatic, moral and material help for the cause of freedom in Mozambique, especially from the already independent states of Africa, and from all peace and freedom loving countries -of the world. I am., sure you'would also be- interested in knowing about ....,-- what FRELIMO is doing to implement at least some of these decisions by the Congress, as you may realize., it would, be...unwise for me....to • give you any indication of what v/e are doing to implement those resolutions which have to do with direct action within Mozambique. -•■ There are, however, two areas of action v/e can freely outline publicly without danger. These are: diplomatic action and education. Since the formation of FRELIMO, and even before, diplomatic contacts, have been intensified in all parts of the world. For example, we have made certain that our point, of view.is well understood by those committees of the United Nations which are directly responsible, for gathering information on Portuguese colonies. Consequently, as soon as-the meetings of the Congress ended, I flew back to New York to petition in the Fourth Committee of the General assembly when our territory was being considered. We also intensified our contacts with international conferences in Africa, Asia and the Americas. At the .annual conference of PAFMECSA v/hich met at Leopoldville, Congo, Mr. Uria Simango, the- vice-president of FRELIMO, presented a petition on our behalf. At the Moshi Conference of the Afro-Asian Solidarity Council, we-sent a team of five members, of the Central Committee who shared the responsibility of presenting our case. In the United States, I attended the first Negro Leadership Conference on Africa, where I presented a background paper on conditions in Mozambique and . participated in.informal discussions, giving substantive information to the delegates. Our university students in Europe and North America also carry the responsibility of informing their fellow- students on Mozambique whenever they attend international student conferences. They have a student organization, Uniao Nacional dos Estudantes de Mopambique (UNEMO), which works in close cooperation v/ith FRELIMO. We believe that our. case against Portuguese colonialism deserves to be known by all peoples of the world. We also hope ""■ that through this knowledge the representatives of the peace loving
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Full text | THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE IN MOZAMBIQUE - Page 11. 3) Maximum utilization of the energies and capabilities of each member of FRELIMO; 4) To promote and accelerate the training of cadres; 5) To use every effort to expedite the access of Mozambique to freedom; 6) To promote the social and cultural development of Mozambican women; 7) To develop literacy programmes for Mozambican people, creating schools wherever possible; 8) To encourage and support the formation and consolidation of trade unions, student and women's organizations; 9) Encourage as much as possible cooperation with nationalist organizations of Angola, Guinea and Cape Verde; 10) To procure all means of self-defense and prepare the people for every eventuality; 11) .To appeal for financial support from organiza tions which sympathize with the cause of the people of Mozambique; ••• . • 12) To establish permanent centers of information . and propaganda in all perts of the world; . 13) To seek diplomatic, moral and material help for the cause of freedom in Mozambique, especially from the already independent states of Africa, and from all peace and freedom loving countries -of the world. I am., sure you'would also be- interested in knowing about ....,-- what FRELIMO is doing to implement at least some of these decisions by the Congress, as you may realize., it would, be...unwise for me....to • give you any indication of what v/e are doing to implement those resolutions which have to do with direct action within Mozambique. -•■ There are, however, two areas of action v/e can freely outline publicly without danger. These are: diplomatic action and education. Since the formation of FRELIMO, and even before, diplomatic contacts, have been intensified in all parts of the world. For example, we have made certain that our point, of view.is well understood by those committees of the United Nations which are directly responsible, for gathering information on Portuguese colonies. Consequently, as soon as-the meetings of the Congress ended, I flew back to New York to petition in the Fourth Committee of the General assembly when our territory was being considered. We also intensified our contacts with international conferences in Africa, Asia and the Americas. At the .annual conference of PAFMECSA v/hich met at Leopoldville, Congo, Mr. Uria Simango, the- vice-president of FRELIMO, presented a petition on our behalf. At the Moshi Conference of the Afro-Asian Solidarity Council, we-sent a team of five members, of the Central Committee who shared the responsibility of presenting our case. In the United States, I attended the first Negro Leadership Conference on Africa, where I presented a background paper on conditions in Mozambique and . participated in.informal discussions, giving substantive information to the delegates. Our university students in Europe and North America also carry the responsibility of informing their fellow- students on Mozambique whenever they attend international student conferences. They have a student organization, Uniao Nacional dos Estudantes de Mopambique (UNEMO), which works in close cooperation v/ith FRELIMO. We believe that our. case against Portuguese colonialism deserves to be known by all peoples of the world. We also hope ""■ that through this knowledge the representatives of the peace loving |
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