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r
f '■ i ',
MYSTERY OF
3ISCARD D ESTAIN(
There has been considerable speculation over the visit to Mozambique
a few months ago of M. Valery Giscard d'Estang, the French Minister
of Finance - both because of the eminence of the man himself and'
the complete mystery and secrecy in v/hich the visit was shrouded.
While officials in Paris were maintaining that he was still in
France and had merely gone away with his family for a weekend
car-trip to the South, he was seen at Lisbon airport coming from
Paris and on his v/ay to Luanda in Angola. As soon as information
from Luanda confirmed his arrival there the Paris officials
modified their explanations by declaring that he would be in Angola
for a \ ■ ek, However, unfortunately for them, that same day he
flew off to Mozambique. This time it was declared that he had
gone to Mozambique for a safari, accepting an invitation he
received several months previously, before his return to Government,
and moreoever, that the visit was 'private' and they could comment
no further. Yet at the same time they lot it be known that the
invitation v/as in a sense 'official'.
The whole affair sounds highly improbable and extremely suspicious.
It is hardly plausible, for example, that his close associates
would not be kept informed of his movements - far more likely that
they knew precisely where he was going but were under strict
instructions not to reveal anything unless"absolutely necessary,
a sure indication that something was afoot. The secrecy could
surely not have been prompted by a desire to avoid being bothered
by the press during his holiday- or to avoid giving undue publicity
to an expensive overseas trip at a time when the Government v/as
trying to economise and limit expenditure of foreign exchange.
Moreover, no-one who really wanted a holiday of just one week
would qo so far afield as would entail a plane trip of 4-8 hours
in each direction.
No! The answer must surely be that the Minister had some extremely
important business to conduct, business of such an important and
sensitive nature that it required the 'discrete' presence of the
- 38 -
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-361~43 |
| Filename | CENPA-361~43.tiff |
| Full text | r f '■ i ', MYSTERY OF 3ISCARD D ESTAIN( There has been considerable speculation over the visit to Mozambique a few months ago of M. Valery Giscard d'Estang, the French Minister of Finance - both because of the eminence of the man himself and' the complete mystery and secrecy in v/hich the visit was shrouded. While officials in Paris were maintaining that he was still in France and had merely gone away with his family for a weekend car-trip to the South, he was seen at Lisbon airport coming from Paris and on his v/ay to Luanda in Angola. As soon as information from Luanda confirmed his arrival there the Paris officials modified their explanations by declaring that he would be in Angola for a \ ■ ek, However, unfortunately for them, that same day he flew off to Mozambique. This time it was declared that he had gone to Mozambique for a safari, accepting an invitation he received several months previously, before his return to Government, and moreoever, that the visit was 'private' and they could comment no further. Yet at the same time they lot it be known that the invitation v/as in a sense 'official'. The whole affair sounds highly improbable and extremely suspicious. It is hardly plausible, for example, that his close associates would not be kept informed of his movements - far more likely that they knew precisely where he was going but were under strict instructions not to reveal anything unless"absolutely necessary, a sure indication that something was afoot. The secrecy could surely not have been prompted by a desire to avoid being bothered by the press during his holiday- or to avoid giving undue publicity to an expensive overseas trip at a time when the Government v/as trying to economise and limit expenditure of foreign exchange. Moreover, no-one who really wanted a holiday of just one week would qo so far afield as would entail a plane trip of 4-8 hours in each direction. No! The answer must surely be that the Minister had some extremely important business to conduct, business of such an important and sensitive nature that it required the 'discrete' presence of the - 38 - |
| Archival file | Volume25/CENPA-361~43.tiff |
