and Guinea pi cent of their annual budget to the support  of t
work of freedom fightero0  It '.jog hoped that many other countries would do the same*
The committee which was finally established included the following countries: TanLr;an:
Guinea, Nigeria,  Congo  (Leo), Algeria,  and four other minor countriee**t*This oommitt
will also determine which groups should deserve to receive the funds collected for
the fight for their country's independence* This is definitely a blow to the MabundaJs
and Gwambe's, for it'll be very difficult for them to justify reueiving funds from
some African countries which now support them*"
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Back in Dar es Salaam, Eduardo found piles and piles of letters that required
his attention* FRELIMO was advancing in some quarters, slipping in others, and the
job was to create some order out of confusion and devdbp the program of the party0
"Confusion generally exists and persists among the populace and the followers of the
party as to exactly v/hat we are doing* Part of the confusion is due to the ignorance
of a large proportion of the population* As ycu know, most people are illiterate and
they are not quite cure as to what makes what run© So it's cy job to try and create
a picture in their minds as to what I am doing and why* May of our detractors
have tried to throw wild oats among our members* They tried to tell them that our
work is really against the speedy independence of Mozambique butfortunately, their
efforts have not succeeded* Mosambicans as a whole still trust me and trust my work
and believe that we are going to develop our program as speedily as we can* I try to
give them this impression because this is the only way by which we can work* In the
various branches of the party, there are always some individulas v/ho are trying to exploii
the people in every way they can* And it is my job to try and develp programs that
will give them confidence to our leadership* Simango, Nungu, lirtaka, and Chagonga
(FRELIMO executives) are trying thier best to develop the programs that I have, together
with them, set up for our party* They are definitely short-handed, they need support
both in terms of personnel and in terms of funds* At this stage, for instance, in
relation to funds, v/e are very low* Me  can hardly pay our bills for even a small item
as a cup of coffee or tea0***We have had to send a number of people to specific areas
for cracial action to be taken and so I bad to pour all the penceo into th&t*0*oI am
now making plans to go the South to make visits to various centers v/here large numbers
of Mozambicans are found* This morning I had breakfast with Biship Huddleston, former
Father Huddleston of South Africa and Britain v/ho is now Bishop of the Anglican Church
in the Southern Province of Tanganyika* Ke has promised to give me accomodations v/hen
and if I go to the South****I also had a long meeting with the members of the Central
Committee (FRELIMO) who are here in Dar es Salaam to review the problems that they
have faced so far and to report on my long trip© V/hen Marcellino and Leo come back
we will have a formal meeting of the Central Committee in which we are going
to discuss the provision of Messrs* Gumane and Mabunda and take a definite st&p about
ito»*o^lso, v/e have called for a meeting for tomorrow for the young people who live
at the two refugee camps here in Dar es Salaam for me to explain in general our policies
and enable them to ask me questions which are relevant to their status*.I wao told
by various people that the refugees v/ho come from the central and southern part of
Mozambique are often confused and tend to grumble and not understand the program of
the party* Ify- duty now is to try to give them a chance to understand me by giving them
v/hat I might call in American jargon a "fireside talk"* And give them a chance to fire
back at me**** So far as I have gathered the Kuricini School which is an African-
American Institute shool is going on as predicted* However, so far that school is not
provided with equipment sufficiently to be a hi^h school* It is really a make-shift
kind of school and only with bettor teachers and better equipment can it be considered
a high school^ (Anyone v/ho wants to help the African-American Institute in this
project can get information at 5^5 E* k6th  Street^ NYC*)***"
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"I have spent most  of the day indoors or in front of the New Africa Hotel chatting
with friends and doing business with members of my party* N thing really consequent:
was resolved today, but  I had a number of intimate discussions with some crucial me
of my party* For instance,   I had a long chat v/ith*if>      v/ho  c: me back*,*from Lourenco
Marques*   (lie is the person)  I cent out  soom after my election to scout the situation
back in Mozambique****He also gave me more details about v/hat the Portuguese are doi
in the rural areas, tdfcry and extract  life out  of them ^the Africans)  economically
md at the  same time to try and fool outsiders abo t  developments c