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U.S.A.-HOW FAR FROM
INTERVENTION ?
Last November a highly-placed member of the U.S. Government, Mr. Charles
Bob Moore, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, paid a discreet (and for us highly disquieting) visit to Mozambique. He visited
Tete Province, where the Portuguese intend to build Africa's biggest dam,
at Cahora Bassa. It is believed that he also flew to some strongholds
still controlled by the Portuguese, in Niassa Province. Mr. Moore's
visit was official - he had a specific mission. What was that mission?
It is almost impossible to know exactly. As we said, the visit took place
with a minimum of publicity - and the result of the negotiations was not
announced. However, there are some facts which allow us to draw conclusions.; at least as to the reasons for this visit and the subject of
the negotiations.
One of these facts is the US policy regarding Southern Africa, which was
defined by President Nixon in his address to the Congress, on 18th
February, 1970. Mr. Nixon stated that the US "cannot accept that progressive change in Southern Africa should come about by force". In other
words, he says that the African people under sujugation must still try
to convince "by peaceful means" the colonialist governments and th© racist
minorities to renounce their dominant position and accept a majority
government. Mr. Nixon is aware that those fascist regimes barbarically
repress any political activity from the African nationalists! that the
colonialists and racists are armed to the teeth .to defend their priviledged
positions5 that they have already declared, openly, that they will never
accept to be ruled by Africans, Mr. Nixon knows this. He knows that
to follow his line would mean to condemn ourselves to perpetual slavery.
But is this not precisely what the US is aiming at? That we continue
as colonies - providing a valuable source of raw materials, extensive
markets, and strategic military bases - through the intermediary of
Portugal - for the US and other imperialist powers?
The US imports from Africa all the tantalite she uses; £ of her cobalt,
■§• of her manganese and chrome, \ of her industrial diamonds, 1/5 of her
lead, and large quantities of uranium. US investments in Africa exceed
2,500,000,000 dol, and US exports to Africa total 1,300,000,000-dol. The
majority of this trade is with Southern Africa (exports to South Africa
alone totalled 500 million dollars in 19^9).
- 33 -
Object Description
| Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 42 (1970 Jan.-Mar.) |
| Description | Contents: Comrade Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane, 3rd February 1970 - 1st anniversary of the death of the president of FRELIMO (p. [1]); Editorial: One year ago... (p. 2); Tete / communiqué - FRELIMO (p. [5]); Military report (p. 7); Niassa Cabo Delgado (p. 12); A journalist in free Mozambique / Peter Spacek (p. 15); The Rome conference, June 1970 (p. 19); Dutch parliament condemns NATO support to Portugal (p. 22); Vladimir Ilich Lenin, 1860-1970 (p. 25); Imperialist conspiracy (p. [28B]); Africa on W. Germany - Far-sighted (p. 29); Open letter to the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany / FRELIMO (p. 30); U.S.A. - How far from intervention? (p. 33); Cahora Bassa * Barclays D.C.O. (p. 35); The mystery of Mr. Giscard d'Estaing safari (p. 38); NATO in the Portuguese colonies (p. 41); "Resolution on foreign policy" (p. 56A). |
| 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 | -18.6696821,35.5273480 |
| Coverage date | 1969-10/1970-06 |
| 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 | 1970-01/1970-03 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 70 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-361 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-361~38 |
| Filename | CENPA-361~38.tiff |
| Full text | U.S.A.-HOW FAR FROM INTERVENTION ? Last November a highly-placed member of the U.S. Government, Mr. Charles Bob Moore, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, paid a discreet (and for us highly disquieting) visit to Mozambique. He visited Tete Province, where the Portuguese intend to build Africa's biggest dam, at Cahora Bassa. It is believed that he also flew to some strongholds still controlled by the Portuguese, in Niassa Province. Mr. Moore's visit was official - he had a specific mission. What was that mission? It is almost impossible to know exactly. As we said, the visit took place with a minimum of publicity - and the result of the negotiations was not announced. However, there are some facts which allow us to draw conclusions.; at least as to the reasons for this visit and the subject of the negotiations. One of these facts is the US policy regarding Southern Africa, which was defined by President Nixon in his address to the Congress, on 18th February, 1970. Mr. Nixon stated that the US "cannot accept that progressive change in Southern Africa should come about by force". In other words, he says that the African people under sujugation must still try to convince "by peaceful means" the colonialist governments and th© racist minorities to renounce their dominant position and accept a majority government. Mr. Nixon is aware that those fascist regimes barbarically repress any political activity from the African nationalists! that the colonialists and racists are armed to the teeth .to defend their priviledged positions5 that they have already declared, openly, that they will never accept to be ruled by Africans, Mr. Nixon knows this. He knows that to follow his line would mean to condemn ourselves to perpetual slavery. But is this not precisely what the US is aiming at? That we continue as colonies - providing a valuable source of raw materials, extensive markets, and strategic military bases - through the intermediary of Portugal - for the US and other imperialist powers? The US imports from Africa all the tantalite she uses; £ of her cobalt, ■§• of her manganese and chrome, \ of her industrial diamonds, 1/5 of her lead, and large quantities of uranium. US investments in Africa exceed 2,500,000,000 dol, and US exports to Africa total 1,300,000,000-dol. The majority of this trade is with Southern Africa (exports to South Africa alone totalled 500 million dollars in 19^9). - 33 - |
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