It is only recently discovered from a signed note of Salazar in the Portuguese National Archives that the then Foreign Minister, Franco Nogueira had proposed to Salazar in Jan. 1962 a radical change in the colonial policy, namely handing over Macau to China and Timor to Indonésia, and granting independence to Guiné and S. Tomé e Príncipe, as a strategy to concentrate on defence of sovereignty in Angola, Moçambique and Cabo Verde. This document was held in secret until now in Salazar's Archives, which is now deposited in the National Archives of Portugal. The document carried a marginal note of Salazar in permanent ink. When asked to comment on this discovery, the former Minister of Salazar for Overseas Territories, Dr. Adriano Moreira, manifested his surprise about the document. He had never known of that proposal, and believes that Salazar was very fond of maintaining secrets even from his own close collaborators. He believed that "information is power", said Dr. Adriano Moreira as quoted in the EXPRESSO last week. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
