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60,000 SLACKS MARCH
On May 27, in commemoration of African Liberation Day (May 259
founding day of the Organization of African Unity) 60,000 Blacks, rallied
and marched in major cities throughout the Western Hemisphere, 30,000
in Washington, 10,000 in San Francisco, 2,000 in Toronto and the remainder ill the West Indies.  The focus of the marches were support for
the liberation struggles in Southern Africa and opposition to U.S. government and corporate policies supporting racism and colonialism,
HERBICIDES USED IN MQZAMBIQUg
Armando Guebuza, (Jhief Political Commissar of PRELIMO, spoke
before the OAU Liberation Committee meeting in Kampala ^Jay and
announced that for the last six weeks the Portuguese hadPBpen using
herbicides in Cabo Delgado Province.  Thus, as in Angola & 1970, the
Portuguese are reduced to tactics aimed at destroying the livelihood of
the people—a method which failed in Angola and will do so in Mozambique.
(Daily Mews, Tanzania,5/11/72)
U.S.   SENATE PASSES Al.IBira^NT ANTI-PORTUGAL
On June 19 the Senate passed an amendment, sponsored by Senator
Clifford Case (R-NJ) that funds could not be expended to implement
agreements which had been made between the I resident and Portugal and
Bahrain (so-called "Executive Agreements") unless they were submitted
to the Senate for ratification as treaties.  The passage of this amendment to the military aid authorization bill puts into jeopardy $35miilidn
in surplus military equipment, food and educational aid promised to
Portugal in exchange for"the Azores base. It does not effect the #40Q
million Export-Import Bank loans to Portugal which were part of the
same agreement. (Nov/ York Times, June 20, 1972)
NORFOLK AZALEA FESTIVAL - ANTI NATO-PORTUGAL ACTIONS
The annual Azalea Festival in Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters of
NATO's Supreme Allied Command, was successfully awakened to the realities of NATO and Portugal's role in Africa v/hen local community and
church people protested the selection of Maria Teresa Sanches as
Queen of the Festival (the grandniece of Prime Minister Caetano of
Portugal.) (The Festival honors a NATO country each year; this year
it v/as Portugal.) A week of marches and leafletings led by the
Norfolk Black community culminated in several hundred protestors
stopping the Festival's parade and forcing the Portuguese Queen to
abandon her float.
HARVARD OCCUPIED FOR ONE WEEK ON GULF OIL ISSUE
Black students connected with the Pan African Liberation Committee
and the Harvard/Radcliffe Afro Society occupied Harvard University's
administration building for one week in late April in protest against
the school's continued holdings in Gulf Oil Corporation.  At Columiba
University, President McGill announced that Gulf Stock had been sold
in January. Although discounting political reasons, the Columbia
sale evidences the results of the burgeoning Gulf campaign.
HELICOPTER AND PLANE FELLED BY FRELIMO
In March and April the forces of FRELIMO shot down a Portuguese
helicopter and reconnaissance plane in Niassa Province. Because of
activity in Tete province, Rhodesian authorities have increased patrols
on the Mozambique/Rhodesian border. The annual report of the Rhodesian
Secretary of Lav/ and Order verified the growth of military activity in
Tete as it emphasized the importance of watching the border because it
is a threat to Rhodesian security. (Financial Times, June 1, 1972; Daily
News, Tanzania, May 30, 1972)