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...Lisbon, they called them os homens sem sonho: the men who never sleep. They worked night and day, much to the dismay of more conventional politicians and bureaucrats addicted to Portugal's leisurely working hours and three-hour lunches, and they seemed equally tireless in keeping their identities hidden. Last week the young officers of the Armed Forces Movement, the rebel group that overthrew the regime of Marcello Caetano last April and ended half a century of dictatorial rule in Portugal, finally decided to flex their muscles publicly. In short order, the men of A.F.M. forced the resignation...
...succeeded in ending a three-day strike of postal workers by warning them that if they did not return to their jobs he would send in the army to sort the mail. Military arm-twisting was also used to end a month-long walkout at the Timex plant outside Lisbon...
...living abroad, which amounted to almost $1 billion last year, were down at least 70% in the first month after the coup because of uncertainty about the situation back home. Tourism, the second most important source of foreign-currency income, is down at least 30%. The halls of big Lisbon hotels are as empty as morgues, and beaches along the Algarve coast are uncrowded for the first time in years. Meanwhile, Lisbon businessmen have yet to be convinced that the government can handle its problems. Says one leading industrialist: "By October or November there will be a terrible economic crisis...
Marques, a no-nonsense administrator whose older brother is a member of the junta back in Lisbon, has made the guerrillas a remarkable offer: complete amnesty and an immediate place in his government at high level if they will lay down their arms. "I would welcome the assistance of the emancipation movements in preparing the people for future elections," he told TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs. "I have less than a year in which to prepare the population for self-determination, and that is hardly enough." U.N.I.T.A. has already accepted a ceasefire, and Marques' offer will put pressure...
...week had begun promisingly. Intermediate talks between representatives of Lisbon and liberation leaders from Portuguese Guinea had ended on a cordial note in London. During initial peace contacts in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, Foreign Minister Mario Scares (see box) had emotionally embraced Samora Machel, president of Frelimo, the Mozambique Liberation Front. Meanwhile, Tanzania, Zaire and several other African states that have long aided anti-Portuguese guerrillas were quietly helping Lisbon toward a solution...