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Pompugal Flans Mazoive Im 'igrasion for Angola

International Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 50, 7 December 1962 · p. 3 of the scan · 212 words

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The "Sunday Telegraph" reported on Dec. end that the Portuguese aothorities have worked out a massive feel eer Pa Lon scheme for Angola, according to a report from London. The scheme was aimed at resisting the National Independence Movement of the Rigi Lew people an further plundering the agricultural and mineral resources of angola. According to the plan , the Portuguese colonialists would send immigrants to Angola from Portuga’, the Cape Verde Islands, end the Azores, to double Angola's present population in ten years and it is intended to increase it to between thirty million and forty million in 20 years. A settlement administration has. been set up to handle the immigration.

The "Sunday Telegraph" disclosed that tortuguese officials placed hopes in large-seasle investment by West German monopoly capital, so as to facilitate the immigration plan. There were already coniidential talks in Lisbon with ofiicial and unofficial West Germen representatives. However the telegraph doubted whether the Portugucse plan could be carried out in view of the daily growing Movement for National Independence of the Angolan people. it pointed out "ne question of whether there is enough time left to carry out this grandiose scheme is totally unconsidered". It is stated that already many people in Angola "Doubt the feasability of the cchemne".

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