Contents: GUINEA-BISSAU • The General Atmosphere of our Trip • Historic Leaders and Sites • Reminders of the War and Struggle Against Colonialism • Facing the Problems and Building the New • 1. Unemployment • 2. Political Education • 3. Agriculture Production • 4. Imports and Exports • 5. Taxation and a Money Economy • 6. Industry • 7. Transportation and Communication • What the Government and the PAIGC are Doing • 1. The Construction of New Villages • 2. The Place of Women • 3. Schools • 4. Hospitals • 5. Justice • 6. Research Farm • 7. The People's Stores • The report says on February 24th Ray Gould and George M. Houser left New York together for a...
Contents: GUINEA-BISSAU • The General Atmosphere of our Trip • Historic Leaders and Sites • Reminders of the War and Struggle Against Colonialism • Facing the Problems and Building the New • 1. Unemployment • 2. Political Education • 3. Agriculture Production • 4. Imports and Exports • 5. Taxation and a Money Economy • 6. Industry • 7. Transportation and Communication • What the Government and the PAIGC are Doing • 1. The Construction of New Villages • 2. The Place of Women • 3. Schools • 4. Hospitals • 5. Justice • 6. Research Farm • 7. The People's Stores • The report says on February 24th Ray Gould and George M. Houser left New York together for a one day stop in Dakar, nine days in Guinea-Bissau, one week in the Cape Verde Islands. Houser then traveled alone for 10 days in Angola. The report says the PAIGC faces tremendous problems as they try to build a new nation. The report says we spent many hours at the Pidjiguiti Dock, the scene of the massacre of August 3, 1959 which changed the course of the struggle in Guinea-Bissau; on that day the workers peacefully demonstrated against low wages; some 50 dock workers were shot down and killed and many more were wounded. The report discusses President Luis Cabral, the President of the National Assembly Joao Bernardo Vieira (Nino), Commissioner of Justice Fidelis Almada, Jose Araujo, party leaders, Amilcar Cabral, the Bolama region, Francesca Pereira, Bafata, Chico Ba, Portuguese, armed struggle, Fernando Fortes, peasants, landmines, Bissau Airport, former Portuguese military bases, Bissora, aldeamento (fortified village), Quemo Mane, Senegal, the Soviet Union, Brazil, the German Democratic Republic, the State department, peanut production, maize, Herculano Vieira, International Womens Day, ACOA, The Africa Fund, the Friendship Institute, doctors, Dr. Boal, and Commissioner of Commerce Armando Ramos.
