have put forward for maintaining their colonial rule in Africa. They
are determined to hold on to their colonial possessions in Africa because
these are the greatest source of their wealth, and they help to maintain
the Fascist domination over Portuguese workers and peasants. That is
why virtually half of Portugal's budget is devoted to the war in Africa*
up for auction
At the same time, other capitalist countries also have taken a keen
interest in the wealth which Portugal robs from Africa. To some
extent Portugal fears the competition of countries like the USA and
West Germany which have entered the economy of Mozambique and Angola,
but Portugal needs the help of these capitalist nations both at home
and abroad.  Consequently, Caetano has inherited from Salazar the policy
of selling the riches of Mozambique, Angola and Guinea to the allies of
NATO, with the specific intention of using them as a shield against the
ever expanding action of FRELIMO, MPLA and PAIGC* Franco Nogueira,
Portugal's Foreign Minister has openly stated that "the Portuguese
government is in a position to demand the co-operation of Western powers
in the defence of Portuguese possessions in Southern Africa*"
However, the propaganda of the Liberation Movements and their progressive
allies forced Portugal to pay lip-service to some liberal tendencies in
the capitalist countries. Her NATO allies have always been willing to
help Portugal deceive public opinion in the West* E.g., Britain, being
a major investor in Portugal and in the Portuguese colonies, has always
helped to white-v/ash Portuguese Fascism and protect Portugal from its
critics.  Since Caetano came to power, the British press have engaged
in a campaign to present him as a * Liberal1, claiming that he is carrying
out reforms within Portugal* The deliberate lie that Caetano is a
liberaly is intended to prepare the v/ay for increasingly close relations
betv/een Portugal and the Western Capitalist nations, especially with
regard to Portugal's colonial policies *
One of the many contradictions of colonialism is that although the colonialists wanted quick profits, they were not even competent enough to discover how rich Africa really was* This was particularly true of the
Portuguese who always hoped that in Africa they would find gold lying
around on the ground ready to be picked up* In Mozambique this was not
the case, so the Portuguese said that Mozambique was poor. In recent
years, it has been becoming more and more obvious that Mozambique has
tremendous mineral potential; apart from its' agricultural wealth*