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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 36, Number 20. 29th August 1973

Auckland U. Shows The Way

Auckland U. Shows The Way

The Auckland University Students' Association has decided to give $400 to Frelimo, the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique, according to Mr David Wickham, the association's International Affairs Officer.

Mr Wickham said that the decision was in line with similar action taken by the Swedish, Dutch and Danish Government, the World Council of Churches, and many other non-governmental groups around the world.

It was a disgrace, he said, that New Zealand should be welcoming a trade delegation from Portugal in September, at a time when people around the world had been shocked by revelations about Portugal's massacre of civilians in Mozambique, Angola and Guinea-Bissau.

Any improvement in trade relations with Portugal at this time, he said, would only increase Portugal's power to carry on its repressive colonial policies. Nearly 50% of Portugal's budget was spent on defence.

The New Zealand Government, he said, should cancel the proposed visit and make clear its support for the African Liberation movement in line with United Nations policy.

The donation to Frelimo comes from the association's Overseas Aid Fund, said Mr Wickham. Other donations from the fund decided on this week include $500 to provide a medical unit for the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam, $60 to the Zanu-Zapu Joint Military Command in Rhodesia, and $40 to the New Zealand Medical Aid to Indochina Committee.

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