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.icral * It is quite c, the end of the year v/e vail have a state colled the East Africa State or the united States of East Africa, whatever namenit is going to get* It seems to me that everybody is serious about this and I don't see how they cm back out of it, so here this great dream of the Federation of East Africa seems to be on the trail now moving to a point v/here it is going to be a reality within this year* It's wonderful! I can see how we in Mozambique could look forward to a thing like that ac we develop our political program towards the indepence of Mozambique* This is a wonderful thing for us* It also is likely to give more security to Tanganyika as she develops her posit ion about the independence of woaambiquej as you know, she h o been threatened by Portugal in nany ways* Now teith the federation it looks as if this threat is going to be quite an empty thing* So there we are* Anyway, it is a surprise for those of us who were thinking that thoy might take it more slowly than they v/ere talking about it*" "The rest of my life is almost routine* I get up in the morning at about a quarter to seven, I run to the beach which is about a mile away, I get myself ready and dip into the nice, balmy water, owim,««^now these days the waters are rather on the cool side and it is very pleasant to swim at about 7 o!clock in the morning* I get out and do some push-ups and run-ups and exercieces in general* I get back into the water and have a nice swim and about twice the same thing and then go back and take a oh:: in the Tanganyika Club of which I am now a member*•••Then I dress up and walk back, a nice i/alk, one mile walk, and then have breakfast about 8:15* 8:50 and then I get ready for work* By 9*00 somebody picks me up, I go to the office—if it is a day on which I go to the office—or I stay here in the hotel and do work here in my room; writing, answering letters, suggesting things* Then, lately, of course, ac I oaid, I have been trying to find houses* I have also begun classes in Swahili* I have joined the African-American Institute SwahiliX session which is given to about three people, I have really no definite schedule; I always shift around as people come around to see me and to discuss issues v/ith ,e* I have an open kind of schedule* From tine to time I have to go to the office to see Gome people whom I can see only in the office^, but otherwise I see lot3 of people here in the New Africa Hotel* jjc * $ * # if * *. i< * * $:;-. * ?•; $ if $ if £ nI hope that I will get a house before you come here and get initial furniture before our furniture comes* Isve authorized building a house for us but this house won't be ready until much later or early next year* So I?m doing everything I can to get an alternative to that house—either buying a house to temporarily house the family and then move to the new on^later* I don't know*" # * * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * * * Eduardo has more comment on the situation involving splinter groups* "Cur party affairs are doing all right these day8***aliabun-a and Gumane, for instance, lately this month published a very swanky magazine with Gumane8 s pictrfare on the cover as president of UDEiiAMO with alot of stuff inside—none of it against us—their position in relation to the movement for independence, not attacking FRELIMC at ail* The point I want to make is that even with that magazine***(l found that) Mabunda approached (the American Embassy in Uganda) to ask for money—ha,ha, huh?—Mabunda asking for money from the American Embassy v/hile I v/ho have been trying to get money from private sources in the US am accused by the Mabunda group of being an imperialist stooge* Isn't that surprising* There again, that's not surprising, but shows how stupjlddand immature they are* How they are completely dry without funds* Mabunda and Gumane have not returned to Cairo since the Addis conference; they've been floating all over* Apparently my protests and pressures in both Cairo and Accra have succeeded to a certain extent, the very fact that these fellows are without money* They don't seen to b~ve enough money to fly or move from Kampala to ITairobi—that1 s a very short di:;tonee0 If they hr ve no money to dc that v/ith they arc completely dry* They insisted on telling the Ambassador they are arranging a union between their party and FRELIMO**** Now they are things that really relate to conversations we had with them in which I offered them some alternative course of action (this took place the first part of April this year in Cairo)* Mow a parently their lack of funds forces them to try to do something abo t it* And also the African committee of he otatea is now preparing to hand o t the money and they arc trying to put their hands out to capture part of this money© '/ell, we'll see v/hat will happen**** Gumane ia really a child* Ho is being led by the nooe is taotso fellow called Mabunda* It is by«
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Full text | .icral * It is quite c, the end of the year v/e vail have a state colled the East Africa State or the united States of East Africa, whatever namenit is going to get* It seems to me that everybody is serious about this and I don't see how they cm back out of it, so here this great dream of the Federation of East Africa seems to be on the trail now moving to a point v/here it is going to be a reality within this year* It's wonderful! I can see how we in Mozambique could look forward to a thing like that ac we develop our political program towards the indepence of Mozambique* This is a wonderful thing for us* It also is likely to give more security to Tanganyika as she develops her posit ion about the independence of woaambiquej as you know, she h o been threatened by Portugal in nany ways* Now teith the federation it looks as if this threat is going to be quite an empty thing* So there we are* Anyway, it is a surprise for those of us who were thinking that thoy might take it more slowly than they v/ere talking about it*" "The rest of my life is almost routine* I get up in the morning at about a quarter to seven, I run to the beach which is about a mile away, I get myself ready and dip into the nice, balmy water, owim,««^now these days the waters are rather on the cool side and it is very pleasant to swim at about 7 o!clock in the morning* I get out and do some push-ups and run-ups and exercieces in general* I get back into the water and have a nice swim and about twice the same thing and then go back and take a oh:: in the Tanganyika Club of which I am now a member*•••Then I dress up and walk back, a nice i/alk, one mile walk, and then have breakfast about 8:15* 8:50 and then I get ready for work* By 9*00 somebody picks me up, I go to the office—if it is a day on which I go to the office—or I stay here in the hotel and do work here in my room; writing, answering letters, suggesting things* Then, lately, of course, ac I oaid, I have been trying to find houses* I have also begun classes in Swahili* I have joined the African-American Institute SwahiliX session which is given to about three people, I have really no definite schedule; I always shift around as people come around to see me and to discuss issues v/ith ,e* I have an open kind of schedule* From tine to time I have to go to the office to see Gome people whom I can see only in the office^, but otherwise I see lot3 of people here in the New Africa Hotel* jjc * $ * # if * *. i< * * $:;-. * ?•; $ if $ if £ nI hope that I will get a house before you come here and get initial furniture before our furniture comes* Isve authorized building a house for us but this house won't be ready until much later or early next year* So I?m doing everything I can to get an alternative to that house—either buying a house to temporarily house the family and then move to the new on^later* I don't know*" # * * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * * * Eduardo has more comment on the situation involving splinter groups* "Cur party affairs are doing all right these day8***aliabun-a and Gumane, for instance, lately this month published a very swanky magazine with Gumane8 s pictrfare on the cover as president of UDEiiAMO with alot of stuff inside—none of it against us—their position in relation to the movement for independence, not attacking FRELIMC at ail* The point I want to make is that even with that magazine***(l found that) Mabunda approached (the American Embassy in Uganda) to ask for money—ha,ha, huh?—Mabunda asking for money from the American Embassy v/hile I v/ho have been trying to get money from private sources in the US am accused by the Mabunda group of being an imperialist stooge* Isn't that surprising* There again, that's not surprising, but shows how stupjlddand immature they are* How they are completely dry without funds* Mabunda and Gumane have not returned to Cairo since the Addis conference; they've been floating all over* Apparently my protests and pressures in both Cairo and Accra have succeeded to a certain extent, the very fact that these fellows are without money* They don't seen to b~ve enough money to fly or move from Kampala to ITairobi—that1 s a very short di:;tonee0 If they hr ve no money to dc that v/ith they arc completely dry* They insisted on telling the Ambassador they are arranging a union between their party and FRELIMO**** Now they are things that really relate to conversations we had with them in which I offered them some alternative course of action (this took place the first part of April this year in Cairo)* Mow a parently their lack of funds forces them to try to do something abo t it* And also the African committee of he otatea is now preparing to hand o t the money and they arc trying to put their hands out to capture part of this money© '/ell, we'll see v/hat will happen**** Gumane ia really a child* Ho is being led by the nooe is taotso fellow called Mabunda* It is by« |
Archival file | Volume14/CENPA-202~05.tiff |