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But perhaps the best proof of our control over Tete is the fact that we were able to use this province as a bridgehead to open a new front in Manica e Sofala situated exactly in the centre of our country. The struggle in this province started on 25 July 1972 and is still at the early stage of ambushes, sabotage operations and attacks against small enemy camps. However, our advance has been extremely rapid, and our forces already cover all the region up to Gorongoza. Since July, we have attacked 17 camps, destroyed 110 vehicles and killed 450 enemy soldiers, and 5 aircraft. the people's political consciousness An extremely significant factor in this province is the very high level of political consciousness of the people. Perhaps this is because Manica e Sofala is a rich area with a relatively large Portuguese population, so that the people are subjected to more direct and intensive oppression and exploitation. The extent of their resistance to colonialism and their support for the liberation struggle is extremely high. For example, as soon as the struggle starts in a particular zone, parents bring their sons and daughters to the FRELIMO bases to be trained and enrolled in our armed forces. When we started military operations in this province, the enemy distributed arms to the people and ordered them to shoot the guerrillas on sight. In fact, however, the people immediately offered the weapons to our fighters. The people consistently resist being taken to the strategic hamlets. If taken, they run away to our zones at the first available opportunity. Before the struggle started in Manica e Sofala, a group of workers in the province sent a messenger to Tete to contact the FRELIMO leaders. They criticised FRELIMO for only fighting in Tete and not extending the struggle to Manica e Sofala, and they added: 4If FRELIMO wants to liberate only Tete, then we shall all go to Tete to save ourselves'. After receiving precise directives from FRELIMO, they created conditions for the start of armed struggle in their zone. These few examples demonstrate the adhesion of our people to the liberation struggle and explain the great success we are achieving. The opening of military operations in Manica e Sofala was dramatically brought to the knowledge of international opinion by the death of General Franco's personal doctor, Angel Garaizabal Bastos, last July, when the aircraft he was in landed south of Maringue in the Pungue region, and by our forces' repeated attacks on economic installations in Gorongoza region. Our policy towards thc civilian population remains the same - as civilians they are not targets for us. Our guns are aimed at the colonial war machine and the economic system which supports it. However, aircraft being the main weapons the enemy use against us - even tourist planes are used for reconnaissance - it is clear that our comrades cannot refrain from shooting them down on the grounds that «they may carry civilians)). This explains the death of the Spanish doctor. On the other hand, tourism is one of the colonial government's most important sources of foreign exchange. Our objective, therefore, is to discourage tourism in Mozambique. This explains our recent attacks on tourist installations in Gorongoza Game Park. Our comrades were careful not to kill or wound any tourist - although they had plenty of opportunity to do so. These actions must be interpreted as warnings to those who believe in the Portuguese propaganda that there is no war in Mozambique, or that it is confined to the borders with Zambia or Tanzania. The days of the colonial «tropical paradise)) belong to the past. The same advice is also addressed to the foreign technicians who, motivated by high salaries, agree to work on projects which are to perpetuate colonial domination in our country, like Cahora Bassa, which we have defined as a strategic target since 1968. The military headquarters at Chitima, just 14 km. from Cahora bassa, has already been attacked. After issuing repeated warnings, we wish to state that we shall not hold ourselves responsible for the loss of civilian life in the war zones. Especially now that tourists and technicians and Portuguese soldiers are mingled together in the same buses, convoys and hotels. The dangers are great and those who enter these zones do so at their own risk. In Niassa, our forces control most of the province and have paralysed enemy movements. However, the very small population in what is in effect one of the country's largest provinces' limits the possibilities for extensive activities. During the period from August, 1972 to June, 1973, our fighters attacked 6 posts; destroyed 22 vehicles, 1 locomotive and 8 wagons; blew up 3 bridges; and killed more than 200 Portuguese soldiers. increased repression Now, as in the past, one of the enemy reactions to our progress is repression. Wiriyamu is just one case among hundreds. And the massacres are not only in Tete, but in all the provinces. It is true that in the past few years they have tended to be
Object Description
Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 56 (1973 July- Sept.) |
Description | Contents: Editorial - A year of impressive advances (p. 1); Offensive on all fronts (p. 3); War communique (p. 9); Apply or principals and march to victory (p.11); FRELIMO hails the Republic of Guine-Bissau (p.13); An endless stream of fighters (p.14); Algerian television in Tete (p.15); FRELIMO's reply to Wiriyamu (p.16); Visitors in free Mozambique (p.17); Wiriyamu: A case study of Portuguese repression (p.18); FRELIMO and West Germany's SPD (p. 20); FRELIMO at youth festivals (p. 22). This is an issue reprinted and distributed by the LSM Information Center in Richmond, Canada. |
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 | -18.6696821,35.5273478 |
Coverage date | 1972-07/1973-09 |
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 | 1973-07/1973-09 |
Type |
texts images |
Format | 26 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-358 |
Description
Title | CENPA-358~07 |
Filename | CENPA-358~07.tiff |
Full text | But perhaps the best proof of our control over Tete is the fact that we were able to use this province as a bridgehead to open a new front in Manica e Sofala situated exactly in the centre of our country. The struggle in this province started on 25 July 1972 and is still at the early stage of ambushes, sabotage operations and attacks against small enemy camps. However, our advance has been extremely rapid, and our forces already cover all the region up to Gorongoza. Since July, we have attacked 17 camps, destroyed 110 vehicles and killed 450 enemy soldiers, and 5 aircraft. the people's political consciousness An extremely significant factor in this province is the very high level of political consciousness of the people. Perhaps this is because Manica e Sofala is a rich area with a relatively large Portuguese population, so that the people are subjected to more direct and intensive oppression and exploitation. The extent of their resistance to colonialism and their support for the liberation struggle is extremely high. For example, as soon as the struggle starts in a particular zone, parents bring their sons and daughters to the FRELIMO bases to be trained and enrolled in our armed forces. When we started military operations in this province, the enemy distributed arms to the people and ordered them to shoot the guerrillas on sight. In fact, however, the people immediately offered the weapons to our fighters. The people consistently resist being taken to the strategic hamlets. If taken, they run away to our zones at the first available opportunity. Before the struggle started in Manica e Sofala, a group of workers in the province sent a messenger to Tete to contact the FRELIMO leaders. They criticised FRELIMO for only fighting in Tete and not extending the struggle to Manica e Sofala, and they added: 4If FRELIMO wants to liberate only Tete, then we shall all go to Tete to save ourselves'. After receiving precise directives from FRELIMO, they created conditions for the start of armed struggle in their zone. These few examples demonstrate the adhesion of our people to the liberation struggle and explain the great success we are achieving. The opening of military operations in Manica e Sofala was dramatically brought to the knowledge of international opinion by the death of General Franco's personal doctor, Angel Garaizabal Bastos, last July, when the aircraft he was in landed south of Maringue in the Pungue region, and by our forces' repeated attacks on economic installations in Gorongoza region. Our policy towards thc civilian population remains the same - as civilians they are not targets for us. Our guns are aimed at the colonial war machine and the economic system which supports it. However, aircraft being the main weapons the enemy use against us - even tourist planes are used for reconnaissance - it is clear that our comrades cannot refrain from shooting them down on the grounds that «they may carry civilians)). This explains the death of the Spanish doctor. On the other hand, tourism is one of the colonial government's most important sources of foreign exchange. Our objective, therefore, is to discourage tourism in Mozambique. This explains our recent attacks on tourist installations in Gorongoza Game Park. Our comrades were careful not to kill or wound any tourist - although they had plenty of opportunity to do so. These actions must be interpreted as warnings to those who believe in the Portuguese propaganda that there is no war in Mozambique, or that it is confined to the borders with Zambia or Tanzania. The days of the colonial «tropical paradise)) belong to the past. The same advice is also addressed to the foreign technicians who, motivated by high salaries, agree to work on projects which are to perpetuate colonial domination in our country, like Cahora Bassa, which we have defined as a strategic target since 1968. The military headquarters at Chitima, just 14 km. from Cahora bassa, has already been attacked. After issuing repeated warnings, we wish to state that we shall not hold ourselves responsible for the loss of civilian life in the war zones. Especially now that tourists and technicians and Portuguese soldiers are mingled together in the same buses, convoys and hotels. The dangers are great and those who enter these zones do so at their own risk. In Niassa, our forces control most of the province and have paralysed enemy movements. However, the very small population in what is in effect one of the country's largest provinces' limits the possibilities for extensive activities. During the period from August, 1972 to June, 1973, our fighters attacked 6 posts; destroyed 22 vehicles, 1 locomotive and 8 wagons; blew up 3 bridges; and killed more than 200 Portuguese soldiers. increased repression Now, as in the past, one of the enemy reactions to our progress is repression. Wiriyamu is just one case among hundreds. And the massacres are not only in Tete, but in all the provinces. It is true that in the past few years they have tended to be |
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