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Texts of a February 17, 1970 communiqué by Amilcar Cabral, General Secretary of the Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC, African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde) translated from French and reprinted by Liberation Support Movement. The communiqué says when, in a colonial war, the aggressor uses acts of terrorism, by sudden sweeping attacks, and by aerial bombardments, it is because he is being defeated in the battlefield. If he perpetrates aggressions against the neighboring countries, it is because he is conscious of the irreversible character of the success of the national liberation movement and sees the inevitability of defeat. This is the situation of the Portuguese in our country. Portugal is wedged into entrenched camps, constantly exposed to the fire of our combatants, demoralized by the failure of their attempts to recapture the liberated regions, and dispirited by the intensification of our action beginning with the November dry season. Portugal uses slanderous propaganda to try to mislead and to deprive us of the solidarity of the states and peoples on our borders. The disarray of the Portuguese is further proof of the military, political, social and cultural victories accomplished by our combatants. The communiqué lists recent PAIGC attacks. Among the most important actions are those carried out in the regions of Gabu (Central- East), Canchungo (Central-West), Nhacra (30 km of Bissau) and in the frontal zones. Ambushes have been particularly effective in the northern and eastern fronts, in the regions still in contest. Several planes were hit by our combatants who have also captured an important quantity of material. PAIGC armed forces took another fortified camp, that of Moricanhe, in the region of Xitoli, in the eastern front. This was an important enemy post in the system of defence of the supply axis connecting the port of Bambadinca to the town of Bafata, on the left bank of Geba.

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