Word: lourengo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Blunt affair came as no shock to the author of this Essay. He was recruited into the M16 branch of British intelligence during World War II, and operated for 18 months as a spy at Lourengo Marques in Mozambique. His boss at M16 headquarters was Kim Philby-as it turned out-of the KGB. "Intelligence gathering, "the author later observed, "is even more fantasy-prone than news gathering. In the latter, you are often expected to make bricks without straw, but in the former, to grow lemons without a tree. "He thus retired from spying with some relief...
...Lourengo Marques' city hall square, workmen last week began chipping away at the great stone statue of Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a 19th century Portuguese governor who led a bloody campaign against rebellious blacks in 1895. After 300 years under Portuguese rule, Mozambique is finally becoming independent on June 25, and officials are anxious to remove the more obvious reminders of the country's colonial past before then...
...everyone was cheering. Even as Spinola was announcing Lisbon's new policy, the liner Infante Dom Henrique pulled out of Lourengo Marques with 1,100 tearful whites and their personal possessions. Airlines flying from Mozambique to Portugal were reported booked up until October. Those who have fled, either because they feared the uncertainties of the months ahead or retribution from a new black government, still represent less than 1% of the white population. But to many onlookers, the sailing of the Dom Henrique seemed a historic Portuguese retreat. Observed Joaquim Peres, a white businessman who will stay...
...priests of the Spanish Burgos Fathers who earlier supported allegations of the massacre have been detained by Portuguese authorities in Lourengo Marques on unspecified charges "relating to the security of the state." Their fellow priests at the Mission of São Pedro, near Tete, will say nothing. Some Portuguese here believe it is quite possible that a massacre did occur. The secretary of the Bishop of Tete, Father Manuel Mouro, told...