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devolutionary soldiers demonstrating against the Constituent Assembly By their deeds shall you now them! The class inclintions of the Portuguese irmed Forces Movement's apreme Revolutionary Counwere thrown into relief *ith Foreign Minister Melo datunes' hurried trip to the Ingolan capital of Luanda ist week.

Angola, the largest and richest ¡ Portugal's African colonies, has ill not yet received formal indepadence. The Portuguese governsent, reflecting the wish of capital* interests world-wide to keep a jake in the colony's wealth, have layed off the divided nationalist dorces one against the other. The West, most decisive, intervention ame as the left-wing liberation ances of the MLPA began to gain e upper hand in Luanda in fierce treet fighting with the right-wing INLA.

Hard on Melo Antunes' heels ame two plane-loads of fresh portuguese troops to reinforce the pore than 20,000 already in the Dłony. Other aircraft were arrange • ferry white Portuguese civilians at of the colony, while the Lisbon premment hinted at a settlement • be imposed by a UN 'peaceeping force.

"PRESERVE"

Behind the AFM's policy on dagola lies a determination to pres ive the territory - under one or mother 'nationalist' political form for the future benefit of capitalism for the MLPA to assume the predominant power would jeopardise is and therefore, as in the Congo, ction is played off against faction, nbal and cultural differences are exploited, and a situation is created b offer an excuse for intervention.

These reactionary policies give he lie to claims by the AFM adership - closeted in continuous asion in the early part of last feck as they attempted to resolve de political crisis created by the signation of Socialist Party leader ares and his fellow ministers from de government - that they intend b place power in the hands of the porking people through a system If popular democracy.

On their nwn admission. the