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ii 17 - December, 1972
Information is ammunition for your struggle. A
fighter without ammunition is not a fighter. And
for you, a fighter without information cannot speak.
Samora M. Machel, President of PRELIMO
to CPM delegation, Dar es Salaam, 8/71.
The Opening of the Fourth Front in Manica e Sofala
On the 25th of July, FRELIMO began military operations in the central
Mozambican province of Manica e Sofala (News & Notes #15). Shortly after
President Satnora M. Machel's announcement of the opening of the front at the
Summit Conference of East and Central African countries in early September,
a South African radio report noted FRELIMO operations near the Manica e Sofala
town of Vila Gouveia, only a few miles from the border with Rhodesia (Guer-
rllheiro, U.K., Sept.-Oct. '72). In mid-November, the main rail line connecting
Tete with the port of Beira, the provincial capital of Manica e Sofala, and
Mozambique's second largest city, was blown up in more than twenty places (Newsweek,
November 27, '72). The news of FRELIMO's southernmost offensive against Portuguese
colonialism comes amid reports of the liberation of large areas of Tete Province
to the north, and a massive FRELIMO attack on the town of Tete itself, gateway
to the Cabora Bassa Region, in which 18 aircraft and 10 barracks and hangers
\vere destroyed (Daily News, Tanzania, Nov. 21, 1972).
A glance at the map of Mozambique reveals the critical importance of this
new phase of the Mozambican struggle. Manica e Sofala is bordered by Tete on
the north, Rhodesia on the east, and is only 120 miles from South Africa along
its southern border. Significantly, Manica e Sofala does not border on any
independent African country, which means that logistical support has to come
entirely through Mozambique itself, an indication of FRELIMO's strength in Tete
and of the mobilization of the people of Manica e Sofala. Speaking to a group
of CFM members and other FRELIMO supporters on November 16 when in New York for
this U.N. session, FRELIMO Vice-President Marcelino dos Santos described'how
COMMITTEE for a FREE MOZAMBIQUE 616 W. 116 St. NY, NY. 10027
Object Description
| Title | CFM news & notes, no. 17 (1972 Dec.) |
| Description | Newsletter from Committee for a Free Mozambique (CFM). With the title: The opening of the fourth front in Manica e Sofala", the newsletter reports on FRELIMO's military operations in the central Mozambican province of Manica e Sofala (p. 1). It also reports at the liberation movements gain at U.N. session (p. 3) and brings newsflashes reports about Caterpillar Tractor Company and Bethlehem Steel, two companies that has been awarded mineral rights in southern Tete province by the Portuguese government (p. 5). |
| Subject (lcsh) |
Nationalism -- Mozambique Self-determination, National Mozambique -- History Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1933-1974 |
| Geographic Subject (Country) | Mozambique |
| Geographic Subject (Continent) | Africa |
| Geographic Coordinates | -18.6696821,35.5273459 |
| Coverage date | 1972-07/1972-11 |
| Creator | Committee for a Free Mozambique (CFM) |
| Publisher (of the Original Version) | Committee for a Free Mozambique (CFM) |
| Place of Publication (of the Origianal Version) | New York, New York, USA |
| Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date issued | 1972-12 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 6 p. |
| Format (aat) | newsletters |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa, 1959-1965 |
| Part of subcollection | Mozambique Collection |
| Rights | The University of Southern California has licensed the rights to this material from the Aluka initiative of Ithaka Harbors, Inc., a non-profit Delaware corporation whose address is 151 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021 |
| Physical access | Original archive is at the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
| Repository Name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository Address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository Email | specol@usc.edu |
| Filename | CENPA-337 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-337~01 |
| Filename | CENPA-337~01.tiff |
| Full text | •■ V <* o X* » ii 17 - December, 1972 Information is ammunition for your struggle. A fighter without ammunition is not a fighter. And for you, a fighter without information cannot speak. Samora M. Machel, President of PRELIMO to CPM delegation, Dar es Salaam, 8/71. The Opening of the Fourth Front in Manica e Sofala On the 25th of July, FRELIMO began military operations in the central Mozambican province of Manica e Sofala (News & Notes #15). Shortly after President Satnora M. Machel's announcement of the opening of the front at the Summit Conference of East and Central African countries in early September, a South African radio report noted FRELIMO operations near the Manica e Sofala town of Vila Gouveia, only a few miles from the border with Rhodesia (Guer- rllheiro, U.K., Sept.-Oct. '72). In mid-November, the main rail line connecting Tete with the port of Beira, the provincial capital of Manica e Sofala, and Mozambique's second largest city, was blown up in more than twenty places (Newsweek, November 27, '72). The news of FRELIMO's southernmost offensive against Portuguese colonialism comes amid reports of the liberation of large areas of Tete Province to the north, and a massive FRELIMO attack on the town of Tete itself, gateway to the Cabora Bassa Region, in which 18 aircraft and 10 barracks and hangers \vere destroyed (Daily News, Tanzania, Nov. 21, 1972). A glance at the map of Mozambique reveals the critical importance of this new phase of the Mozambican struggle. Manica e Sofala is bordered by Tete on the north, Rhodesia on the east, and is only 120 miles from South Africa along its southern border. Significantly, Manica e Sofala does not border on any independent African country, which means that logistical support has to come entirely through Mozambique itself, an indication of FRELIMO's strength in Tete and of the mobilization of the people of Manica e Sofala. Speaking to a group of CFM members and other FRELIMO supporters on November 16 when in New York for this U.N. session, FRELIMO Vice-President Marcelino dos Santos described'how COMMITTEE for a FREE MOZAMBIQUE 616 W. 116 St. NY, NY. 10027 |
| Archival file | Volume20/CENPA-337~01.tiff |
