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INTERVIEW WITH A
PORTUGUESE PRISONER
Q: We are interviewing a prisoner-of-war
captured by FRELIMO a little over a
month ago. I will start by asking him
what his name is and what his rank and
what unit he was in, in the Portuguese
^rmy before he was captured.
A: My name is Antonio Andrade de
Costa. 1 was conscripted into the army
on the 25th January, 1971. I was operating in the town of Braga, in Portugal
where I also received my training. I took
my speciality in thc town of Tomar. I
was in the infantry.
Q: When did you come to Mozambique?
A: I left Lisbon on the 20th November
1971, by ship. I arrived in Mozambique
on the 6th December.
Q: When were you captured by FRELIMO?
A: On the 23rd January, 1972.
Q: And where were you captured?
A: In the post of Anga.
On the 23rd January, a Portuguese soldier, Antonio Andrade de
Costa was made prisoner in the attack on the military camp of
Anga, Caho Delgado. Nash Basom, an American photographer
who visited Cabo Delgado last month met him and interviewed
him.
Q: And since that time you have been in
the custody of FRELIMO forces. Can
you tell me how you have been treated
during this time.
A: I have been treated very well.
Q: Have you any complaints about how
you have been treated?
A: No complaints at all.
Q: Before you were captured were you
told anything or did you have any beliefs about what would happen to you
if you were captured by FRELIMO?
\: I did not know anything about FRELIMO. But I had been told that as a
Portuguese soldier or as a policeman, I
could not have any hope of survival if
captured.
Q: So, before you were captured, when
you thought about the possibility of what
would happen if you were captured, what
did you imagine?
A: I thought 1 would be killed.
Q: So you have been surprised at your
treatment?
A: Very surprised indeed.
Q: What did your commanders tell you
about FRELIMO's treatment of prisoners?
A: We were told that we should not
surrender because if we did the FRELIMO
men would try to get as much information out of us as possible and afterwards
they would kill us.
11
Object Description
| Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 50 (1972 Jan.-Mar.) |
| Description | Contents: Editorial - Building up victory (p. 1); On the 3rd anniversary of the assassination of FRELIMO's first president - Nothing can stop what Mondlane began (p. 3); Tanzania's tribute to Mondlane (p. 4); War communique (p. 5); After the massacres of Mukumbura - A victim's relatives join the struggle - A priest describes Portuguese butchery (p. 9); Interview with a Portuguese prisioner (p.11); FRELIMO at the Security Council (p.13); What is the Mozambican culture? FRELIMO's first cultural seminar (p.15); Angola's National Day - Statement on the 4th february (p.16); Visitors in free Mozambique - Chinese guests praise FRELIMO's success; FRELIMO and the people are one (p.17); FRELIMO at the all Africa fair (p. 20); $435,000,000 - Nixon's investment in Portuguese colonialism (p. 22). |
| 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 | -18.6696821,35.5273470 |
| Coverage date | 1951/1972-01 |
| 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 | 1972-01/1972-03 |
| 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-350 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-350~13 |
| Filename | CENPA-350~13.tiff |
| Full text | INTERVIEW WITH A PORTUGUESE PRISONER Q: We are interviewing a prisoner-of-war captured by FRELIMO a little over a month ago. I will start by asking him what his name is and what his rank and what unit he was in, in the Portuguese ^rmy before he was captured. A: My name is Antonio Andrade de Costa. 1 was conscripted into the army on the 25th January, 1971. I was operating in the town of Braga, in Portugal where I also received my training. I took my speciality in thc town of Tomar. I was in the infantry. Q: When did you come to Mozambique? A: I left Lisbon on the 20th November 1971, by ship. I arrived in Mozambique on the 6th December. Q: When were you captured by FRELIMO? A: On the 23rd January, 1972. Q: And where were you captured? A: In the post of Anga. On the 23rd January, a Portuguese soldier, Antonio Andrade de Costa was made prisoner in the attack on the military camp of Anga, Caho Delgado. Nash Basom, an American photographer who visited Cabo Delgado last month met him and interviewed him. Q: And since that time you have been in the custody of FRELIMO forces. Can you tell me how you have been treated during this time. A: I have been treated very well. Q: Have you any complaints about how you have been treated? A: No complaints at all. Q: Before you were captured were you told anything or did you have any beliefs about what would happen to you if you were captured by FRELIMO? \: I did not know anything about FRELIMO. But I had been told that as a Portuguese soldier or as a policeman, I could not have any hope of survival if captured. Q: So, before you were captured, when you thought about the possibility of what would happen if you were captured, what did you imagine? A: I thought 1 would be killed. Q: So you have been surprised at your treatment? A: Very surprised indeed. Q: What did your commanders tell you about FRELIMO's treatment of prisoners? A: We were told that we should not surrender because if we did the FRELIMO men would try to get as much information out of us as possible and afterwards they would kill us. 11 |
| Archival file | Volume23/CENPA-350~13.tiff |
