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The Portuguese Sugar Company, Acucareira de Mozambique SARL
has successfully started a new pattern of production by
offering free land to settlers on which to grow sugar, and
giving financial andtechnical assistance* In 1968 there were
already 400 settlers mainly Mozambican residents and ex-
soldiers but also including some South African and Rhodesian
nationals* The company plans to irrigate another 1,800
hectares for similar settlement of about 50 hectares each.
Under the Third Development Plan the Maputo River valley
scheme, one of the first areas for European settlement, is
to be developed further at a cost cf 1,000 million escudos.
The company Marraceune Agricola Acucareira has a concession of
6,000 hectares at Manhi^a in the Incomati valley. Its plans
call for the allocation of more than half to settlers.
The Cashew Nut Company Industria de Ca.ju Mocita, (financed
by South Africa and Italian interests) has been reported to
be considering plans to settle two thirds of its land in
Gaza district with Europeans and soldier settlers.
In the field of vegetable fibres the Companhia Textil do
Pungue SARL in Manica e Sofala controls a land concession
on which sisal is grown by 485 European settlers*
Contrary to popular belief, the Portuguese attitude to the war has
not- changed with the accession of Marcelo Caetano. Indeed, shortly
after taking office, he initiated a major reassessment of the Portuguese war effort* The National Defence Council and the Supreme
National Military Council were called into session for the first time
since their creation in 1S56. The former, consisting of members 6f
the cabinet and high-ranking civil and military officials discussed
Portugal's military policy and organisation, national defence, the
general programme of armaments and the organisation of civil defence
and "international agreements of a military nature". The Governors
and Supreme Military Commanders of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-
Bissau were recalled to present a report on the war situation in
their respective territories* After all these meetings seven more
battalions were sent to Guinea-Bissau, General Kaulza da Arriaga was
appointed the new military commander in Mozambique, to replace General
Costa Gomes, the Minister for Defence visited all three territories
to be followed by the Prime Minister himself*
Moreoever, the last eighteen months has seen an ominous increase in
activities of the Portuguese Gestapo - PIDE - and the Public Security
V
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| Title | CENPA-339~34 |
| Filename | CENPA-339~34.tiff |
| Full text | The Portuguese Sugar Company, Acucareira de Mozambique SARL has successfully started a new pattern of production by offering free land to settlers on which to grow sugar, and giving financial andtechnical assistance* In 1968 there were already 400 settlers mainly Mozambican residents and ex- soldiers but also including some South African and Rhodesian nationals* The company plans to irrigate another 1,800 hectares for similar settlement of about 50 hectares each. Under the Third Development Plan the Maputo River valley scheme, one of the first areas for European settlement, is to be developed further at a cost cf 1,000 million escudos. The company Marraceune Agricola Acucareira has a concession of 6,000 hectares at Manhi^a in the Incomati valley. Its plans call for the allocation of more than half to settlers. The Cashew Nut Company Industria de Ca.ju Mocita, (financed by South Africa and Italian interests) has been reported to be considering plans to settle two thirds of its land in Gaza district with Europeans and soldier settlers. In the field of vegetable fibres the Companhia Textil do Pungue SARL in Manica e Sofala controls a land concession on which sisal is grown by 485 European settlers* Contrary to popular belief, the Portuguese attitude to the war has not- changed with the accession of Marcelo Caetano. Indeed, shortly after taking office, he initiated a major reassessment of the Portuguese war effort* The National Defence Council and the Supreme National Military Council were called into session for the first time since their creation in 1S56. The former, consisting of members 6f the cabinet and high-ranking civil and military officials discussed Portugal's military policy and organisation, national defence, the general programme of armaments and the organisation of civil defence and "international agreements of a military nature". The Governors and Supreme Military Commanders of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea- Bissau were recalled to present a report on the war situation in their respective territories* After all these meetings seven more battalions were sent to Guinea-Bissau, General Kaulza da Arriaga was appointed the new military commander in Mozambique, to replace General Costa Gomes, the Minister for Defence visited all three territories to be followed by the Prime Minister himself* Moreoever, the last eighteen months has seen an ominous increase in activities of the Portuguese Gestapo - PIDE - and the Public Security V 28 |
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