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KJozm ji^^ a j^=iSpecial Correspondent "TNDIA should liberate Goa within ■*- six months by the use of force if necessary," Bwana Hlomulo Gwambe, President of the National Democratic Union of Mozambique, (UDENAMO) told a seminar on Portuguese colonies in New Delhi during October 1961. "Indian action in Goa would encourage African freedom fighters to throw off Portuguese rule in their own states." Barely two months after this exhortation the Government of India liberated Goa, Diu and Daman by force of arms. The action of the Government of India is completely in consonance with the philosophy of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who holds that if violence is bad slavery is worse. He could no longer tolerate the continued enslavement of his compatriots by the Portuguese. Dictator Salazar today licks his wounds over the routing of the Portuguese thugs and gangsters in India. Under the Portuguese-British Treaty of 1661 the British Government undertook "to defend and protect all conquests or colonies belonging to the crown of Portugal against all enemies." That treaty has since been reinforced by the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) a body of the "free" world dedicated to the perpetuation of colonialism and imperialism by force of arms. Because of the knowledge that their policies have the blessings of "respectable" colonialist powers the Portuguese have stepped up their fascist terrorism and brutality in their so-called "overseas provinces" and Mozambique is beginning to feel the weight of the jackboot of their armed gangsters and thugs. In July 1961, the 2,037 ton Portuguese liner "still shave" 550 passengers aboard went a ground at the mouth of the River Tinde, in Mozambique. These included 50 Portuguese gangster leaders and 500 African armed thugs. At the end of July, 1,400 Portuguese armed thugs arrived by sea in Lourenco and a week earlier 2,000 other armed thugs had arrived. By this time 20,000 Portuguese terrorists were already in Mozambique. In September 1961, the new 19,000 ton Portuguese liner Principe Rer- feito arrived in Lourenco Marques with 1,000 Portuguese terrorists aboard. These were to be deployed in Northern Mozambique since the southern part is already well protected by Verwoerd's armed gangsters. In November 1961, a contingent of 1,400 Portuguese armed thugs left Lisbon for Mozambique on the Portuguese steamer "Imperio".— In December 1961, 1,300 more armed thugs arrived in Lourenco Marques. All these armed thugs are being brought in to step up the terrorist agression against the African masses whose only crime is that they seek to throw the Portuguese colonialist yoke. "Your real battle," stated leaflets distributed secretly among the armed thugs by the Mozambique Democratic Movement, a liberal multi-racial body in November 1961, "is against the traitor and cynic Salazar and his government of gangsters. Portuguese can only be truly free and progressive when it no longer enslaves others." These armed thugs have certainly not been on a Sunday school picnic in Mozambique. In a statement smuggled out of terrorist — besieged Mozambique in April 1961, UDENAMO called out: "We call the special attention of radio and telegraph stations all over the world to transmit urgently the following message specially addressed to the General Assembly of the United Nations: "The African population of Mozambique is in a desperate situation. Police and Administrators are arresting daily hundreds of Africans and mixed persons (coloured in Lourenco Marques, Beira, Nampula, Quelimane, and Villages in the interior. "We confirm the massacres of African labourers by Portuguese troops last month on cotton, sisal and sugar plantations at Mueda Vila, Cabral, Milange and Xinavane. "We ask for the immediate intervention of United Nations troops to prevent the operation of terrorist acts similar to those in Angola or Kenya." Recently 7 Africans died instantly and 92 were taken to the Beira hospital after drinking Portuguese poisoned beer which is being sold to African sonly. As far back as 1952, James Mtemaganda, an African freedom fighter in Mozambique, was an eye-witness to the callous murder of five African youth aged 17 and 18 years. Eggs were placed on the heads of these youth and Portuguese terrorists aimed and shot at the eggs— and shot the youth dead. And none of these were ever brought to justice. Many a grim story is being told about Portuguese atrocities perpetrated against the African people especially against the African freedom fighters. If there was a grain of truth in these ghastly tales the Portuguese fascists would willingly agree to the appointment of an international commission of enquiry to investigate these. One meets in the flesh many an African freedom fighter who testifies to be eye-witness of these horrible atrocities. There are stories in current circulation of freedom fighters being , buried alive at the notorious Nyan- gawo upon the island of Bazaruto near Beira. There are stories of freedom fighters dropped from aeroplanes into vast forests or into the sea. Stories of hungry political prisoners being offered nothing but poisoned food "sustenance". Portuguese terrorists are going all out to intensify oppressive measures against the African people of Mozambique. According to a statement released 30 O VOICE OF AFRICA
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Full text | KJozm ji^^ a j^=iSpecial Correspondent "TNDIA should liberate Goa within ■*- six months by the use of force if necessary," Bwana Hlomulo Gwambe, President of the National Democratic Union of Mozambique, (UDENAMO) told a seminar on Portuguese colonies in New Delhi during October 1961. "Indian action in Goa would encourage African freedom fighters to throw off Portuguese rule in their own states." Barely two months after this exhortation the Government of India liberated Goa, Diu and Daman by force of arms. The action of the Government of India is completely in consonance with the philosophy of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who holds that if violence is bad slavery is worse. He could no longer tolerate the continued enslavement of his compatriots by the Portuguese. Dictator Salazar today licks his wounds over the routing of the Portuguese thugs and gangsters in India. Under the Portuguese-British Treaty of 1661 the British Government undertook "to defend and protect all conquests or colonies belonging to the crown of Portugal against all enemies." That treaty has since been reinforced by the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) a body of the "free" world dedicated to the perpetuation of colonialism and imperialism by force of arms. Because of the knowledge that their policies have the blessings of "respectable" colonialist powers the Portuguese have stepped up their fascist terrorism and brutality in their so-called "overseas provinces" and Mozambique is beginning to feel the weight of the jackboot of their armed gangsters and thugs. In July 1961, the 2,037 ton Portuguese liner "still shave" 550 passengers aboard went a ground at the mouth of the River Tinde, in Mozambique. These included 50 Portuguese gangster leaders and 500 African armed thugs. At the end of July, 1,400 Portuguese armed thugs arrived by sea in Lourenco and a week earlier 2,000 other armed thugs had arrived. By this time 20,000 Portuguese terrorists were already in Mozambique. In September 1961, the new 19,000 ton Portuguese liner Principe Rer- feito arrived in Lourenco Marques with 1,000 Portuguese terrorists aboard. These were to be deployed in Northern Mozambique since the southern part is already well protected by Verwoerd's armed gangsters. In November 1961, a contingent of 1,400 Portuguese armed thugs left Lisbon for Mozambique on the Portuguese steamer "Imperio".— In December 1961, 1,300 more armed thugs arrived in Lourenco Marques. All these armed thugs are being brought in to step up the terrorist agression against the African masses whose only crime is that they seek to throw the Portuguese colonialist yoke. "Your real battle," stated leaflets distributed secretly among the armed thugs by the Mozambique Democratic Movement, a liberal multi-racial body in November 1961, "is against the traitor and cynic Salazar and his government of gangsters. Portuguese can only be truly free and progressive when it no longer enslaves others." These armed thugs have certainly not been on a Sunday school picnic in Mozambique. In a statement smuggled out of terrorist — besieged Mozambique in April 1961, UDENAMO called out: "We call the special attention of radio and telegraph stations all over the world to transmit urgently the following message specially addressed to the General Assembly of the United Nations: "The African population of Mozambique is in a desperate situation. Police and Administrators are arresting daily hundreds of Africans and mixed persons (coloured in Lourenco Marques, Beira, Nampula, Quelimane, and Villages in the interior. "We confirm the massacres of African labourers by Portuguese troops last month on cotton, sisal and sugar plantations at Mueda Vila, Cabral, Milange and Xinavane. "We ask for the immediate intervention of United Nations troops to prevent the operation of terrorist acts similar to those in Angola or Kenya." Recently 7 Africans died instantly and 92 were taken to the Beira hospital after drinking Portuguese poisoned beer which is being sold to African sonly. As far back as 1952, James Mtemaganda, an African freedom fighter in Mozambique, was an eye-witness to the callous murder of five African youth aged 17 and 18 years. Eggs were placed on the heads of these youth and Portuguese terrorists aimed and shot at the eggs— and shot the youth dead. And none of these were ever brought to justice. Many a grim story is being told about Portuguese atrocities perpetrated against the African people especially against the African freedom fighters. If there was a grain of truth in these ghastly tales the Portuguese fascists would willingly agree to the appointment of an international commission of enquiry to investigate these. One meets in the flesh many an African freedom fighter who testifies to be eye-witness of these horrible atrocities. There are stories in current circulation of freedom fighters being , buried alive at the notorious Nyan- gawo upon the island of Bazaruto near Beira. There are stories of freedom fighters dropped from aeroplanes into vast forests or into the sea. Stories of hungry political prisoners being offered nothing but poisoned food "sustenance". Portuguese terrorists are going all out to intensify oppressive measures against the African people of Mozambique. According to a statement released 30 O VOICE OF AFRICA |
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