[Greetings, Enclosed are drafts of a statement on the proposed formation of a U.S./Mozambique Friendship Association and a cover letter to be sent to the Mozambican government.]
[Greetings, Enclosed are drafts of a statement on the proposed formation of a U.S./Mozambique Friendship Association and a cover letter to be sent to the Mozambican government.]
The mailing says if there are suggestions or changes you would like to make in the text of either, please address them to Betty Capehart-Wright, 405 Edgecombe Avenue, Apt. C-5, New York, N.Y. 10032; try to get them to her before July 10, to allow time for them to be incorporated into the final letter and statement; also, we need, for identification purposes only, an occupation or group affiliation to list with your name. The mailing says it was suggested by some at the first meeting that a working meeting in July would be helpful to discuss some of the logistics involved in forming any new organization. The mailing says areas that we should give some thought to ahead of time and come prepared...
The mailing says if there are suggestions or changes you would like to make in the text of either, please address them to Betty Capehart-Wright, 405 Edgecombe Avenue, Apt. C-5, New York, N.Y. 10032; try to get them to her before July 10, to allow time for them to be incorporated into the final letter and statement; also, we need, for identification purposes only, an occupation or group affiliation to list with your name. The mailing says it was suggested by some at the first meeting that a working meeting in July would be helpful to discuss some of the logistics involved in forming any new organization. The mailing says areas that we should give some thought to ahead of time and come prepared to discuss at a second meeting include: (1) the proposal of a first project to launch organization and a timetable for this; (2) selection of people to act as responsibles for different tasks to be undertaken in the first phase; (3) how to bring in new members and definition of levels of participation and (4) a brief discussion of recent events in Mozambique. The mailing says the date for this meeting is tentatively July 16. The place is Jennifer's apartment at 7:00 p.m.; please indicate if the date and place are convenient for you. Enclosers in the mailing include a letter to The Honorable Mr. Joaquim Chissano, Minister of Foreign Affairs, The People's Republic of Mozambique signed by Barbara Barnes, Sam Barnes, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Jennifer Davis, Mimi Edmunds, Andy Epstein, Paul Epstein, Marty Hanlon, Sylvia Hill, Paul Irish, Allan lsaacman, Ruth Minter, William Minter, Stefanie Steele, Stephanie Urdang, Roberta Washington, Jim Weihart, and Betty Capehart-Wright. The mailing includes WORKING DRAFT ON THE FORMATION OF U.S./MOZAMBIQUE FRIENDSHIP ASSOC. The Working Draft says as Americans who are involved in the struggle for social transformation within the U.S. and in the support of anti-imperialist struggles in other countries, we believe there is a need for organizations which allow us to contribute in any way possible to those engaged in struggle; we believe that the U.S./Mozambique Friendship Association can be such a group; equally important we see the formation of the U.S./Mozambique Friendship Association as the creation of a mechanism for the bilateral exchange of experiences of our two peoples; because we recognize the immense difficulties faced in the post-independent period by Mozambique and other Third World countries in the process of constructing socialism, we feel that the support by progressive people of the world is as important now as during their liberation struggles.
