Nothing
^i."",:      f can
what
ondlane
began
The 3rd of February is a very important
date in the heroic struggle of our people,
and as a date of combat, it is one linked
with blood and mourning. On the 3rd
February, 1969, our comrade Eduardo
Mondlane, founder of FRELIMO, architect of national unity, first President of
our Movement, guide to Mozambican
nationalism and pioneer of our revolution
was assassinated. On the 3rd February,
1969, the Mozambican people lost one of
their  most  beloved   and  devoted sons.
Before he came we were divided, grains
of sand scattered before the wind. While
we were like that, while division existed
colonialism exploited and humiliated us.
Comrade Eduardo Mondlane brought us
the force that bound us firmly together,
that made a people of us, that made the
tribes disappear so as to create a united
Mozambique. Because of this the colonialists and imperialists hated him and
identified him as their main target. They
hated Eduardo Mondlane because they
fear the people, the immense force of
the people, organised and conscious, who
can destroy for ever the power of the
exploiters.
Three years have passed since the death of FRELIMO's first President, Comrade Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane. In a message addressed to the Mozambican people on this occasion, FRELIMO's new
President, Comrade Samora Moises Machel evoked the memory
of the man who founded FRELIMO and set it on the correct
path of the revolutionary armed struggle for national liberation.
He explained at the same time the meaning of the assassination
of President Mondlane and indicated the tasks that remain to be
fulfilled in order to achieve the work initiated by our first President.     We quote here the following excerpts from his message.
Eduardo Mondlane created cadres, created structures, as he had created our
Unity, as he had defined our political
line. As a result the struggle did not
stop with his death. Instead it spread:
the Zambezi was crossed, the Montepuez
was crossed, now everywhere the enemy
is attacked, isolated, and put to flight.
Eduardo Mondlane is not dead. It was he
who, before, anyone else, understood
and taught that our struggle should be a
revolution of the peasants and the workers, and should involve the destruction
of exploitation of man by man. As a
result, he is forever present in the people's
power that grows in our country.
Our task is to continue Mondlane's life,
to carry the revolution through to its
conclusion and to complete the task
which he left to us: expand the armed
struggle, liberate the country, continue
the revolution.
Long live the unforgettable  memory of
President Mondlane!
Long live the Mozambican people, united
from the Rovuma to the Maputo!
Long live the People's war of Liberation!
Long live the Revolution!
Independence   or   death.  We  shall  win.
Samora Moises Machel
President of FRELIMO.