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Question: Could you describe the relationship between Portugal and South Africa, and describe their joint plans to build the Cabora Bassa Dam in Mozambique...
...Lierop: Cabera Bassa. Remember those two words. Cabora Bassa is a proposed hydroelectric dam that the Portuguese are going to build in Teti province along the Zambezi River...
...Bisseau. They were particularly afraid of South Africans taking over. But as these revolutions have progressed, the Portuguese have discovered that they need help; that they can't do it alone. So now you have West German, French, British, American, and South African capital involved in building the Cabora Bassa dam. They have conceived Cabora Bassa as the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa, larger than the Aswan high dam in Egypt. And they plan to settle one million Europeans along the site of this dam. The European presence will not only create a second line of defense, but also create...
Premier M'bida, a devout Roman Catholic whose forehead is studded with blue tribal tattoos, journeyed recently into the heartland of the 120,000-member Bassa tribe, center of the spreading rebel movement. At Rebel Leader Um Myobe's birthplace, the Premier appealed to the natives: "Do not live like the Pygmies!" He urged them to come back to civilization, gave them ten days to come out of the jungle or be treated as rebels. By regrouping huts near roads, where they can be guarded, he hopes to maintain order, proceed with the slow evolution toward real...