Qn show in
Nairobi:
Some of the
export crops
produced in the
liberated areas of
Mozambique.
«FREL1M0, sisi tunaurtga mkono» (FRELIMO we are with you!). This is how
Kenyan people and other visitors hailed
the FRELIMO delegation as it passed in
the closing parade of the first All Africa
Trade Fair.
These calls expressed the enthusiasm of
the Kenyan people and other African
visitors to the Fair at the end of ten days
in which they were able to learn about
FRELIMO and the progress of the liberation struggle in Mozambique. They
were also an expression of the profound
impact the Mozambican people's struggle
had made on the still fresh memories of
Kenyan nationalist fighters.
That the liberation movements should
have participated in the Fair might at
first seem surprising. Yet it was justifiable
from two points of view: because it was
a way of informing people about the
struggle and also because of the fact that
owing to their control over large parts of
these countries, they have taken over the
running of the economy in those regions.
FRELIMO's participation fulfilled these
two aims, showing the results achieved in
the course of the armed struggle for
national liberation, and at the same time
describing the work done in the various
spheres of national reconstruction — education and culture, health, social affairs
and, especially, the economy.
FRELIMO AT THE
ALL-AFRICA FAIR
The theme chosen - Liberation and
Reconstruction — was displayed in various
ways at the different Fair stands.
The armed struggle was depicted through
maps showing the progress of military
activity, photographs of captured and
destroyed military posts, captured weapons and destroyed aircraft. Most convincing was the display of aircraft and
helicopter remains, radio sets, aircraft
equipment and captured weapons. The
visitors were therefore able to appreciate
the progress of the armed struggle and
the extent of development of the armed
forces for liberation. They were also
able to see for themselves and to judge
for themselves the Portuguese colonial
army's sources of supplies, the marks
showing the countries of origin. There
were American trade marks. A radio
set from a Harvard T-6 destroyed by
FRELIMO was marked U.S. property.
The origin of a parachute captured by
MPLA comrades was clearly shown -
SWITLIK PARACHUTE CORP., NEW
JERSEY, DATE OF MANUFACTURING
JUNE 1965.
A door and seat from a helicopter shot
down by FRELIMO in Cabo Delgado
bore the label SUD Aviation, France.
Great Britain, Federal Germany, Belgium
and Italy also displayed their military
support for Portugal with a Fiat G-91
cockpit top, 7.62 calibre NATO model
FAL automatic rifles, grenades and radio
transmitters and receivers.
NATO's complicity in the Portuguese
colonial war, which is today the major
obstacle standing in the way of our
independence,   was   abundantly  shown.
This section - Armed Struggle - was
both inside and outside the Liberation
Movements' stand, which was organised
with the active participation of the OAU
Liberation Committee. The sister organisations, the MPLA and the PAIGC, also
exhibited at the same stand. Films
showing various aspects of the liberation
struggle were continuously screened before a densely-packed and enthusiastic
public.
FRELIMO also exhibited at the Cultural
and Agricultural Production stands.   At
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