portation, the Portuguese manage to get
their helicopters with troops to these
camps only after harassment and bombardment to scare the ordinary people.
This was particularly evident during the
last six days of our stay in Mozambique.
The Portuguese jets and bombers would
fly ahead of the helicopters, or the helicopters would be escorted to the camps,
where troops are confined to the spot
and are unable to get water or food except by air from the far south.
It was clear that FRELIMO had control
of the ground. On the ground there was
free movement - very, very free movement. All our movement was during daylight, and the fact that we, as visitors,
moved during the day was clear indication of the control of FRELIMO. FRELIMO is running the show in Cabo Delgado, and must be doing the same in
other areas which I did not visit but which
have been visited recently by other
groups - from the Liberation Committee,
from the newspaper, «Uhuru», and from
overseas.
The people identify with FRELIMO. We
talked to elderly people in the Cabo Delgado area, and they are confident. One
of their main requests to us was to ask
that their brothers and sisters who ran
from Mozambique to Tanzania during the
first offensive should return. The people
are engaged in active production, they
open up farms, they cultivate, harvest,
and market their crops.
We saw the problems that face the people
in the form of need for medical care. The
health facilities in Mozambique are not
elaborate. The Liberation Committee
and FRELIMO will be looking to friendly
countries and African people all over the
continent to aid in the humanitarian
needs of the liberated areas. There is a
need for school materials for children,
and more farm tools for the people to
expand production in support of the
freedom fight.
It is a completely open secret that the
people in Mozambique feed the liberation
forces, and they speak of this with pride.
Through political education, FRELIMO
has been able to arouse political consciousness to the level that people aid the
soldiers not only to win the war but to
push out the colonial force and to establish national rule in Mozambique, which
will look after the interests of the people
of Mozambique as a whole.
I would like to mention successes in
Mozambique which happened while we
were there or just before our arrival. We
know that on September 18 this year at
Above: The President
of FRELIMO accompanies the OAU team
on the march in Cabo
Delgado.  Right:
Major Mbita with
another FRELIMO
gift to the Liberation
Committee. Below:
The delegation
meets the people.