made in production, education and culture and public health. The people in
the liberated areas are rebuilding their
homeland with their own hands on the
ruins of Portuguese colonialist rule. They
have organised the militia and defence
groups to safeguard the fruits of victory
by arms.
The massive assistance to the Portuguese
colonialists by NATO headed by U.S.
imperialism cannot save them from defeat.
The crushing of the Portuguese colonialists' large-scale military offensive in 1970
by the FRELIMO patriotic armed forces
testified to the invincibility of the Mozambique people. We highly admire the
the Mozambique people for their spirit of
courageous struggle.
In the common cause against imperialism,
the Chinese and Mozambique peoples
support and encourage each other and
have forged a profound militant friendship. A FRELIMO delegation led by
President Samora Moises Machel made a
friendly visit to China last year on invitation. During its stay in China, the
delegation recounted to the Chinese people stirring exploits of the Mozambique
people in persevering in armed struggle
and building their liberated areas. The
Chinese people were deeply impressed
by all this. The heroic struggle of the
Mozambique people is an enormous support to the Chinese people.   To support
the Mozambique people and other oppressed nations and peoples in Africa in their
struggle against imperialism is the boun-
den duly of the Chinese people. We regard every victory won by the Mozambique people in their struggle as our own.
During our stay in the liberated area, we
were accorded cordial reception and hospitality by President Samora and other
FRELIMO leaders. We were warmly
welcomed by the guerrilla fighters and the
masses in the liberated area. For all this
we express our heartfelt thanks. We were
greatly inspired by the Mozambique people's profound feelings for Chairman Mao,
the great leader of the Chinese people,
and their deep friendship for the Chinese
people.
In the world today, countries want independence, nations want liberation and
the people want revolution. This is an
irresistible trend of history. The excellent situation in the revolutionary struggle
of the Mozambique people is another
vivid manifestation of this trend. We are
convinced that so long as the Mozambique people really grasp their destiny in
their own hands and persevere in revolutionary armed struggle, they will surely
defeat the U.S. imperialist-supported Portuguese colonialists and win independence
and national liberation.
Victory belongs to the heroic, fighting
Mozambique people!
The Chinese Delegation with President Samora Machel and other FRELIMO leaders in the post of
Muidumbe, taken from the Portuguese last June.
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