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Germany and the United States,, During the 1949-61 period, Portugal received #370 million worth of aid from the United States of which #80 million was for economic and #290 million for military assistance. In 1965 an American journalist reported that since 1959 Portugal had received #300 million in US military aid. The official figures for "military^assistance" over the 1962 - 68 period are given as #33.7 million. However, in,-addition there is an undiscovered amount of "defence support". West German assistance to be about #3 million per year. French assistance is confined to long-term credits (10 - 20 years at 6% interest) to finance military supplies. Contracts are concluded in co-operation with the French Government who also guarantees the loans. In addition to the direct provision of war finance and heavy capital involvements in bases, the NATO partners further assist Portugal in the neo-railitary fields of finance and commerce with huge loans and investments, without which the economy could not possibly stand the strains of the war. As Prime Minister Caetano himself said in November I968: "All the military effort overseas has been and will go on being supported by resources coming from ordinary, income, which before was largely used to cover development expenses* Now; we have to face many of the expenses with money obtained by loans." In other words, as a UN report concluded, foreign loans serve to finance the military expenditure of Portugal. Similarly, the huge commercial investments of NATO countries, enticed by cheap labour and access to cheap materials from the colonies, also help to prop up the economy and the Government, as do the trade preferential granted by NATO allies in EFTA. 1 In an age when evils of colonial systems "free world" backing are universally, or almost, recognised, the ■ ■ ■ ■ significance of Portugal's alliance with the leading countries of the Western world as a means of legitimising the regime, cannot be ignored. Their negative attitude to United Nations resolutions on Portuguese colonialism, for example, provide a complete vindication of Portugal's policies and must be a source of encouragement to Prime Minister Caetano. Moreover, with the trump card of the Azores bases, Portugal is in a strong position not only to prevent any interference in the overseas territories, but also, as is becoming increasingly evident, to enlist more open support for her policies. - 47 -
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-361~56 |
Filename | CENPA-361~56.tiff |
Full text | Germany and the United States,, During the 1949-61 period, Portugal received #370 million worth of aid from the United States of which #80 million was for economic and #290 million for military assistance. In 1965 an American journalist reported that since 1959 Portugal had received #300 million in US military aid. The official figures for "military^assistance" over the 1962 - 68 period are given as #33.7 million. However, in,-addition there is an undiscovered amount of "defence support". West German assistance to be about #3 million per year. French assistance is confined to long-term credits (10 - 20 years at 6% interest) to finance military supplies. Contracts are concluded in co-operation with the French Government who also guarantees the loans. In addition to the direct provision of war finance and heavy capital involvements in bases, the NATO partners further assist Portugal in the neo-railitary fields of finance and commerce with huge loans and investments, without which the economy could not possibly stand the strains of the war. As Prime Minister Caetano himself said in November I968: "All the military effort overseas has been and will go on being supported by resources coming from ordinary, income, which before was largely used to cover development expenses* Now; we have to face many of the expenses with money obtained by loans." In other words, as a UN report concluded, foreign loans serve to finance the military expenditure of Portugal. Similarly, the huge commercial investments of NATO countries, enticed by cheap labour and access to cheap materials from the colonies, also help to prop up the economy and the Government, as do the trade preferential granted by NATO allies in EFTA. 1 In an age when evils of colonial systems "free world" backing are universally, or almost, recognised, the ■ ■ ■ ■ significance of Portugal's alliance with the leading countries of the Western world as a means of legitimising the regime, cannot be ignored. Their negative attitude to United Nations resolutions on Portuguese colonialism, for example, provide a complete vindication of Portugal's policies and must be a source of encouragement to Prime Minister Caetano. Moreover, with the trump card of the Azores bases, Portugal is in a strong position not only to prevent any interference in the overseas territories, but also, as is becoming increasingly evident, to enlist more open support for her policies. - 47 - |
Archival file | Volume25/CENPA-361~56.tiff |