Combatente       ** li October 13v1967*
carriad^T^t-a-lr-^he-expen&e of many Mozambican livas. We hope soon
that the Government of Tanzania will reconsider its position in the
struggle of the Mozambican people. The Government would do better to
investigate in loco all the claims made by Frelimo leaders, if it is
interested in the liberation of the Mozambican people.
The Frelimo leaders claims are, in truth compromising fact if
we learn that the Portuguese axeistill holding the nearest poets of
Nangadi, Mocimboa do Rovuma, Negomano, Mecula, in the Tanzanian border.
Our Party Coremo should like to call the attention of the
Committee of Heven of the O.A*U for the danger that might come through
these irresponsible propagandas of the Frelimo leaders.
As already stated we strongly feel that the O.AoU Committee of
Eleven should make a detailed investigation'about these claims of vi-
ctory. Say for exami le^Fif^T^l^.^-^i/to have killed 2,320 enemy soldiers
and at the same time, it has wounded or put out of action more than
3511 (page 31 of the present ^poíítent cf BSttltmoh)
From a jnilitary point of view, it is difficult for any guerrilla ' *
expert to analyse how (Frelimo) battles are fought, because from their
account 2,320 killed and only 351 wounded or put out of action. Friends, how can i>:*j3 be possible that out of such a big number/killed only
less than 400 were wounded or put out of action? We hope that the
military experts in the Committee of Eleven in Dar es Salaam will help v
us to understand the theory and tactics of guerrilla; war fought by our
ppcjpatric'Ss, because sometimes it might help r.o in our battles.
Another interesting issue in this connection is that out #f
2320 soldiers killed and excluding the 351 only five (5) heavy machine guns were capturedJ This is lamentablegwhy and how?
As a "revolutionary movement" Frelimo is supposed to be very
serious in giving instructions to its fighting forces to make all possible sacrifices in order to capture arms from the enemy, but what we
have noted in this so-called revolutionary war by (Frelimo)has only
enabled to arm the Portuguese instead of getting arms from the Portuguese.   Again we stress that useless propaganda such as this,'only
makes our struggle more difficult. Assywy let us wait and see.