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WAR COMMUNIQUE
BIG OFFENSIVE
DEFEATED
This engine is part of the wreckage of an aircraft shot down
by FRELIMO guerrillas in Tete
Province, on the 2nd June, 1970.
Among the markings on it were
the words:
U.S. PROPERTY
T - 87B ARC 3
BUFFALO, NY
The situation in the liberated zones of FRELIMO has returned
to normal. Having been defeated in their «big offensive)), operation Gordian Knot)), in September, the Portuguese forces
have not tried any other operation of that kind. The great
losses they suffered in men and material created new contradictions among the colonialist authorities: a strong movement
headed by the officers who have been involved in the war since
beginning, based on their experience opposed what they called
((military adventures)), which are extremely costly and which
are not bringing any results.
Kaulza de Arriaga, the new general appointed only last March
as military commander in Mozambique had to give up and
renounce the continuation of the offensive. He came with the
idea of a lightening victory over FRELIMO, which he wanted
to appear as a personal achievement added to his glory (the
mythical name he gave to his offensive reveals his character:
Arriaga wanted to cut the «Gordian Knot)) of our resistance
and so emulate the legendary achievement of Alexander the
Great.
Unable to justify his adventures with concrete results and
confronted with a general defeat, he had to give up.
But the Portuguese authorities had to try and save the pres-
6
tige of their army, in the face of the big propaganda campaign they had mounted internally and internationally around
this offensive. Their army would 'wipe out' FRELIMO in a
few weeks, they had announced. So, the authorities had to
continue issuing periodic war communiques claiming «complete victory over FRELIMO)), «passage to a new phase of the
offensive)). These claims are absolutely unfounded. As a
cameraman who visited our liberated zones in Niassa Province
in October and witnessed the development of our struggle
rightly commented: «The Portuguese reports have begun to
defeat their own objectives: for if FRELIMO had been wiped
out in June, how could they be wiped out again in August and
now again in December?
In fact, the offensive ended in September with the Portuguese
having been repulsed from our zones after suffering extremely
heavy losses. The actions they continue to undertake, and
these intensively, are air bombings with conventional and
napalm bombs. Our work of national reconstruction returned
to its normal rhythm.
The military operations in the liberated zones are routine
operations, with our guerrillas and our people ready to deal
with any new offensive which the Portuguese may try to
launch. In the advance zones our offensive proceeds.
Object Description
| Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 45 (1970 Oct.-Dec.) |
| Description | Contents: Editorial: The coming victory (p. 1); Invasion of Guinea: The lesson for Africa (p. 3); War communique: Big offensive defeated (p. 6); Portuguese atrocities in Mozambique: Hears the evidence (p. 8); Cahora Bassa: Why we say no (p.13); The struggle in Niassa province by Niassa's military commander (p.15); Journey with a camera: British film-makers in Mozambique (p.18); Once they came with sweets and gifts: Portuguese psychological warfare (p. 20); Streamlined exploitation: Caetano calls it 'autonomy' (p. 23). |
| 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 | -18.6696821,35.5273465 |
| Coverage date | 1961/1970-11 |
| Creator | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) |
| Publisher (of the Original Version) | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO). Department of Information |
| Place of Publication (of the Origianal Version) | Dar Es Salaam, U.R. of Tanzania |
| Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date issued | 1970-10/1970-12 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 28 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-344 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-344~08 |
| Filename | CENPA-344~08.tiff |
| Full text | WAR COMMUNIQUE BIG OFFENSIVE DEFEATED This engine is part of the wreckage of an aircraft shot down by FRELIMO guerrillas in Tete Province, on the 2nd June, 1970. Among the markings on it were the words: U.S. PROPERTY T - 87B ARC 3 BUFFALO, NY The situation in the liberated zones of FRELIMO has returned to normal. Having been defeated in their «big offensive)), operation Gordian Knot)), in September, the Portuguese forces have not tried any other operation of that kind. The great losses they suffered in men and material created new contradictions among the colonialist authorities: a strong movement headed by the officers who have been involved in the war since beginning, based on their experience opposed what they called ((military adventures)), which are extremely costly and which are not bringing any results. Kaulza de Arriaga, the new general appointed only last March as military commander in Mozambique had to give up and renounce the continuation of the offensive. He came with the idea of a lightening victory over FRELIMO, which he wanted to appear as a personal achievement added to his glory (the mythical name he gave to his offensive reveals his character: Arriaga wanted to cut the «Gordian Knot)) of our resistance and so emulate the legendary achievement of Alexander the Great. Unable to justify his adventures with concrete results and confronted with a general defeat, he had to give up. But the Portuguese authorities had to try and save the pres- 6 tige of their army, in the face of the big propaganda campaign they had mounted internally and internationally around this offensive. Their army would 'wipe out' FRELIMO in a few weeks, they had announced. So, the authorities had to continue issuing periodic war communiques claiming «complete victory over FRELIMO)), «passage to a new phase of the offensive)). These claims are absolutely unfounded. As a cameraman who visited our liberated zones in Niassa Province in October and witnessed the development of our struggle rightly commented: «The Portuguese reports have begun to defeat their own objectives: for if FRELIMO had been wiped out in June, how could they be wiped out again in August and now again in December? In fact, the offensive ended in September with the Portuguese having been repulsed from our zones after suffering extremely heavy losses. The actions they continue to undertake, and these intensively, are air bombings with conventional and napalm bombs. Our work of national reconstruction returned to its normal rhythm. The military operations in the liberated zones are routine operations, with our guerrillas and our people ready to deal with any new offensive which the Portuguese may try to launch. In the advance zones our offensive proceeds. |
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