Rebellion in Portuguese Africa

Portugal, the poor cousin of the Western alliance, has over 120,000 troops fighting four wars against nationalist rebels in its African possessions—Angola, Mozambique, Cabinada, and Guinea—at an annual cost of over $132 million.

Nearly half the troops are in Mozambique which borders on Tanzania, Malawi, Rhodesia, and South Africa. The paucity of information concerning the struggle is the direct result of Portugal’s policy of allowing few foreign journalists into the colony. M...