The mailing says I saw painful evidence of this the end of October, when I was in Maputo to attend the funeral of Mozambique's President Samora Machel; while the Mozambican government is awaiting the outcome of the Commission of Enquiry before accusing anyone of complicity in the death of the President, there is a widespread belief among the people and leaders of southern Africa that the apartheid regime was directly responsible. The mailing says South Africa has intensified its attacks on Mozambique in recent months; its tactics include both direct economic pressures, military threats and escalating support for the "contra" force it funds and supplies; this force the MNR- has earned the title,...
The mailing says I saw painful evidence of this the end of October, when I was in Maputo to attend the funeral of Mozambique's President Samora Machel; while the Mozambican government is awaiting the outcome of the Commission of Enquiry before accusing anyone of complicity in the death of the President, there is a widespread belief among the people and leaders of southern Africa that the apartheid regime was directly responsible. The mailing says South Africa has intensified its attacks on Mozambique in recent months; its tactics include both direct economic pressures, military threats and escalating support for the "contra" force it funds and supplies; this force the MNR- has earned the title, "the bandits" among the people of Mozambique; it has destroyed schools, bridges, ambulances and health posts. It uses the most brutal tactics imaginable- killing key figures like teachers and deliberately terrorizing villagers, burning their houses, destroying their food supplies, even cutting off ears. The mailing says South Africa's determination to destroy the economic and political independence of its neighbors, and prevent their providing support to the South Africa freedom struggle threatens peace and development in all southern Africa. The mailing says President Machel's widow, Graca Machel, stressed this when I visited her to express our sympathy and concern; he, asnd other Mozambican leaders believe that the most vital task for Americans concerned about the strengthening of free societies in southern Africa is the intensification of pressure on South Africa ... through comprehensive economic and political sanctions.
