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ally, economically, political and almost in very sense a backward country which verges on beinc a colony of the big powçr.3« Av;£ Salasar
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continues tryin^iold on the colonial empire in spite of owv&Uf  recirâ
of backwardness of Portugal in the past and at present*
To iir* Salaza?, the terr?.bly reprssnive rcetho&s adopted by hi a Government in the colonies is a civilizing rr,issior:c- £he indiscriminate
killing of defenceless African population in Att&cla» Mozambique and
Guinea and countless car?e cf raped wc.r.err^.hd^e records of crimes means
to Dr. Salasar civilising mission cf Portugal!
In fact0 Portugal Policy in Africa is a dirty gamo which can be i-
dentified with that of an idealistic and confused man such as Salazar.
In the colonial Policy of Portugal, no change has been made compared
with that of previous centuries* Thus the colonial historian Gomos dos
Santos was closer to tho reality of their (Portuguese) rule in Africa
when he wrote bitterly in 1903s "Wa did net Jmovr, a^.d we do not know*,
how to colonise...* We are Utopian dreamers.a race of inept sluggards
who have always been with national sovereignity *•
Dr. Salazar yet  still believes in tbo use of forco to solve colonial problems. In this context Salazar must simit that his "civilising
mission*1 has completely failed and that th.3 only automotive now regained is to destroy a littl - of history oad.9 -;■■' Kvrtiig^L in those tor*
ritories*
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The question remains that even Salasar/H .::rse more days to come,
the true fact is that ths"fieroê resistance to the disintegrating forces11 as called by Salasar in his speech, will one day vanish as a smoke.
Since Salasar is a war~mcn;;ar and trouble maker9 we do not sec other
uay to solve the colonial problem than to continue our struggle for
freedom and independence untill victory is aoh:<r/od*
-SALAMH!.S..I^IÇ8fnSR AVI) ^HS W0H,D P335°>S
Portugal nailed in the extreme West of R:?:o-p^n  j.n the Spanish Peninsula, is an old small very backward Z^xte  which has boon ruled by a fascist regime since 1927* The country, which for years has heon  a Kin:  ,
became a Republic in 1910 when a military coup. dfe tat toppled Kin-:  Ccrloc
I, ;ho together with the crown Prince, D. Hanucl Filipe were c^eoutod in
* ;-'ocio a'.mare.
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