1 General Assembly Security Council T

UNWED NATIONS

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ORIGINAL, ENGLISH

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SECURITY COUNCIL Fortieth session Fortieth year Agenda items 35 and 131 OOLICIES OF APARTHEID OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF Q)OD-NEIGHBOURLINESS BE’lWEEN STATES

Letter dated 31 October 1985 from the Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

I have the honour to submit photocopies of ewtracts, as well as their translation from documents seized from armed bandits in Gotongoza, Sofala Province. A/ These documents clearly confirm the continuing support the bandits are receiving from South Africa in flagrant violation ot the Agreement on Bon-Aggression and Good Neighbourliness signed between my Government and the Government of South Africa on 16 March 1984.

At the request of my Government, I should be most grateful if you would have these documents circulated as an official document ot the General Assembly, under items 35 and 131, and of the Security Council.

(Signed) Manuel DOS SANTOS Ambassador Permanent Representative

Y Available in English only.

85-30573 1506~ (E) / . . . ANNEX

30. FRIDAY

Soldlwe to be eva UJO ted from the Interior a bras d South of Maputo (Reoupp. 1 to ta ks .a ConventIona I Forcea owy’ea; engaged 11, 1977, 78, 79, 80, 81. 8y sea; 100 ~0808 M.AK 47

t.brth - 100 zone ss la ioma Centre - 29 QLmd but aI& II Decene (River Terrbe) South - 26D II Manhongarte II Msorab With at least 2nd claao upwarda II UC0 (River Maputo) between Ihe agee of I5 to 3120.

Speak to C. 5. Soulh One, two or three flroo, In Ilne wlth what wao decided end agreed. 4t IhO top of tlm page:

26/fj/t33 flight to RSA JANUARY I984 12/J/84 flight lo +bza mbtquo o/e/es Iht for RSA 22/e/94 at J I to Moramblque II. WEDNESDAY f;$$;4 fllsht ,to RSA rwat to hloza mbiqua H.E.recelves Vanlke and J&any wlth the 26/S 05 ftlght to Mozambjquo - Charlea Sea-eta ry Genera 1 to dea I wllh orga n1z.d / fllsht to Mozomblque - Louis t.JeJel lIonal matters and the substance was es :$,:55 flight to RSA - Loule &I followe: 2/7/85 f~klht to Ab2smblque - Loul* &I 3/7/es f&W to RSA - Ldule t+l I. Release of all the Ruselenn, at S. A.% re”uesI, for diploma tic re& 27 TUESDAY 2. .Ev2.0nflr~ I:0 totat eupport to Ronem until the total ellmlnetlon of Mechel. 3, SA, under pressure from $0 USA, ‘will ICD ooldlere musl be !ra Ined kr the prd- ensure negotla tione between Ma chel dentla I guard and Renem~ before I’JOVOWOP. 50 aoldlw• 4111 a Iso.come from lhe women - detachment 16. MONDAY

H.E. receives colonel Charlie and the volunteer at 1O.OOl-l.

Dting to the underte king Iha t the South African6 wlll make to Ma chel In the light of the talks under way, resupply for the first 6 month6 of 84 ~lll corn6 In the first monlhs: 5DO pallets In a tota I of 25 resupplies apart from the resupplies In January 84. JANUARY

The team of Soulh Africsls goes to La mbezla at the end of January - purpose to tre in soldlers: la WEDNESDAY

100 Instructors 200 soldier6 - conventiona I wa rfa r*. 3 DFS were picked and informed to take a pry Pa- chutlhg course: Lleutenant Joanne asks to be a member of Reslg tance, the t I6 an officer In our r’anks MarlIla *hanIce - C/Zone Joa na Arm6 ndo - Platoon Chlef Helena Antonio - Chlef Written In the me rsln: They will be Ihe first DFS in the Organiretlon South-5 DZ ; Centre - ?DZ; North - 3 DZ. to take the a hove mentloned course.

It wa6 decided by h1ghe.r aulhorlty that the Now them 601~ chief of staff, C/Denlel should go !o the lnterlor with the followlng a Im:

On beha If of the Commander-In-Chief to accom pa ny the group of South African fnstru~lors a t the end of January; esta bllsh liaison between the lnslructors and our commanders.

‘. TMLRSDAY 25. WEDNESDAY

t-i. E. aska LETT’Lleutenanl for 12.7 mm and On 30. I.84 there wltl be 3 resupplies In the SAM 7 weapons for the Northern Zone, It was Southern Zone - lnha mba me: a greed that at the end of January 84, an II ir,- craft will go to Botoro DL In Gurue - Malerlel 02 - lago Pofu - Gato for Niassa - Tlgre. And another a lrcra ft for DL - B/General Henrlques - Gaze Viola - Maga nja da Costa. DZ - C/Maputo - Tlgre

The group of 25Ct for Maputo sat off on 26&?/84 On 4.2.84 3 reeupptles: from Jonnen. 2 In the Centre: I. DZ - John Kupenga 2. Dt

JANJAJW I resupply for Maputo.

On 9.2.84 there will be 3 resupplies for at. SATLRDAY 28 mbezla .

Colonel Vanlkav went to Malawl to talk to Pre- JANUARY sidenl Banda about the Russians and to take them to RSA. At the rquest of Prime Mlnlster Rotha. Thip .declslon was a matter of dlsagrek 28 SATURDAY men1 with Renamo, since they did not give prior khowledge. The South African team 8ntng to Zambeeia :

Colonel JAM.lARY Etuico Jakson Volunteer Joanh a3 MONDAY Boat speclatist a doctors with Daniel Poe The Soviets leave today from B/R No. 8 West IO of our instructors for LoJas de Tenganl where they will be freed. Total of 18 people The volunteer prom&d to take anti-aircraft to Zambezla. . 11 ‘ruESbAY

Programme for our frlende tn Zamt&ta. FgBRUARY

4 SATURDAY PEBRUARY ‘The 1st resupply-of the year : at the ? or Lake Pofu, DZ at the genera3 South tnhambane and at the DZ 1 WEDNESDAY of c/Maputa In North tnbambane. The operations proceeded normally.

Commandant Deniel’s duties In Zambszla : Written in the margin :

3 Gato Region - Southlnhambane FEBRUARY Tigre Region - North lnhambane 3 resupplies on 5/Z/84 2 THURSDAY

10. Our fighters must not talk to the people about our friends, so that the enemy should not find out; in FEBRUARY the event of our friends being seen by the people,it will be the fighters’ duty to inform the people that lhey are the captured Russians. 5 SUNDAY 11. Inform our fighters that our friends are or came from England. Written in the margin : 12. Our friends must always speak English and no1 Rr$upply on 5/Z/04 Afrikaans, to avoid the soldiers finding out, as we have many fighters who were formerly workers in RSA.

. FEBRUARY FRRRUARY TUESDAY 11 SAT’URDAY

H.E. kft for Ret&a at IShO with the m General rot tdlm rltb UK south African genara& at their Lvitath. FlMIdrcnppfta: 23nla4 - eexa Themeetiqwiththegeserdrttkdtheammau@ksr 25/2/64 - hqpfot8luedmbec8uaesAiago>omtopgivlq~ 27/2m - ET- 26/2/04 - But only *a Sauth Afrhn military have thh atrqgth, 4/3/84 - z rhueFikBotJutheFanfenYkIst~h~~~the 4/3/a4 - zembexk South Afrian poUtI- to - Resmmo. He Ia 7/3/a4 - 11/j/84 - flmctlonlng ea If he 1.8 l rime for the Bovkt unlal. 14/3/s4 -’ ldmmbme Andlteeeamtokgawdked --Y--Imts Apart from these thfwe uUl be at&r extras by Dakota to mbandal UNtTA and er= lndepcndeece to SWAFO. fartbesatdosaveutlicbuBlcaIty1aobexesofemmuuition eachtime. m?uarmate?ialttmtuiRkcarrkdiuehest~: 4279 boxes aumnmtttan AR 47 x 136@ FEBRUARY 210boxesnmmtmitiaaG.3xlBttOb 1730 AR 47s 68ObOXtB~6OdKRSI1Osbdls 8 WEDNESDAY 6aoboxesm.81&dfsx4stdk 11oboxesmntI-carmimrsxsmInex ResupplybyshipIscrpcctedsoonatBa~dcYColuine 1112 boxes RPG’I KDdcets 16 820tioxese4da5Ive020kg 3sns/1927 31boxe3medt~x1OOkg 60 JQtci~ta 40 tam of material Eachresq~lyuiBcarrg41-60;4Ms81; 4MJHaad30RPG7 -d-m written at the top a FEBRUARY 1OOpiStQkWitb1BtiBbdktScachUiBdSogoOCaWlgOS wrhteo at the tog : L&o Re#m Eait Zambeda 10 FRIDAY Raupply an 812i04 Resq@y by boat et Cuteahe BayuiRbeaR10-3-81east0f -ma. RadIotrmlsmIsaion-.

. In Namibia.

* ,, 8, II ,,,,.,,, ,.,, I I ,, ” ,, ,, Material that will go to ZambczIa : Q@o*- 500 boxes AK47 ammmition PEfiRUARY 20 boxes M. 03 5 M.60; 5 M.61 10 boxes I6 THtiRSDAY 00 boxes 100 boxes explosives SO boxes mines 1st grotq for parachuting course, begi- 20.2.64 - 5 boxes medicines 15F boxes RPG? rockets FEBRUARY

14 TUESDAY FEBRUARY

1 went to Louis Trincherdt with Colonel Vaniker in order 18 SATURDAY to reconnoitre the new camp where we are going to live.

Those who are staying to take the parachuting course : Written at the top : 23/2/84 Leopard0 North Maputo Resupply on 34/2/04

Written In the middle I FEBRUARY t LBRUAHY

IWONDAY 10 22 WEDNESDAY

Personnel evacuation plan : On 23/Z/84 at lOhO there ues e meeting III Pretoria between ljekdte for Gorongost~ to land at Cangatore H.E. and the general of Military InteAIigence; general of Dekots for Ehzi ta Jambar, 20 peaple, C‘entfe MQ the Special Farces; Briwdier of Military Intelligence; trrtd Colonel Vaniker of Military LnteUigence. I, J!l34 - LMote for Maputo to Jambar, CO peaple, Objective : South HQ (a) planrung the war m fhe face of the situntlon taken up by the South African Republic. 2i3/04 - Oukote for Zambezte to Jamber, 20 people Swth HQ 2. ‘The ~rewous ph made at the neetmg IS sttil under consjderation. 23 people 35 HT sets 23 parachutes

913/M - c 130 South WC), wtth 25 people 2 planes will go FEBRUARY hlaputo

011 27th the Dakota will go to Namibia to take our 8 mstructots 23 THUMDAY who are taking the heevy weapon0 coyote.

On S/2/84 - resupply by sea on the coast between 6. We soldiers will ConthW t0 @VC WrQpprt WithQIt Chinde and Beire at Culeima fray. the consent Of oU pOhdCiw in rmdeve m soBItowinthewu. There will be 2 more fltgt~ts for M-to - resupply 9. Ma&d can ady hll immediatdY urmdr l cut in (ai Writteftin the margin : “pastpane@ the -my and CocYtmUtiatiau raaSr

. . FEBRUARY

25 SATURDAY

FEBRUARY Brigwlitr - SA 3. rkriiti0n of aargtts that forceFreho to talk to 14 FRlDAY Rename.

7. 11. The 100 men should tnttr hfeputo in IU’D~ gtO1Q6 Communicntion by radio QC pnyskaily between Raam vie the Libombax, wtth pre-detumheU llma ad Mdtt8tSASddkl% tergtts for each graup. a. Apologits for tht rtIease of the Rlapiem wwtalt tht complete eRreemcnt ot Rename - presaue from 12. .lonn rind Eurko will go only with the authoriution of the Minister of Defence, Gene& wrrp Yakn. the U.S.A. Q. Fete of the two RUgiUb 13. Two RNM men wiU be trnined in ukn-Secnt stiU hi Raumo’s bn&. communications between RNM and P?etoti& 10. Good rtlatms between Rerumo and SA are desbed, leaving aside the matter of the RuMens, 14. The general will ensure resu@y even after the which was agreement by SA with the commdst Machel, a shametul attitude of the South African Covemmu~t. especially ammunition and radio tmnsmitttf3. At the tcp : Geto Region 15. Railways; cahom Ressn; cooperantes, and other targets of an economic nature, SADCC. Cheringoma Resupply on 25/2/04 Remaining in SA : FEBRUARY FEflRUA BY

27 MONDAY 29 WEDNESDAY

Rename : At the toQ of the page :

1. Our 100 specielist soldiers who are in the ha& of On 29.234 the central offtce of the general staff left for SA. Le$o Region-Fwozi.

2. Possibility of putting them into Meputo overland.

General of Spec. Forces :

1. Despetch of 6 technieiaM to Gomngosa to receive the ship with matcriaL MARCH 2. OfthelOOmea: 2 ditd struck down by the Arrgolans 1 THURSDAY 3 are prisimers 30 In Namibia 65 in Parabolwo At thetop:

Out ot these 75 are parachutists. They have been treined I&o Region onvariowcourses: secuity, WT, rlrivers, etc. Zambe2ia Resupply an 1.3.94 3. Thegeneralas&stokeep10ofoursokliers.

4. Mtthd of infikmtiq the 95 into Maput ovefbnd MARCH FEeRUARY MARCH MAY

I1 SUNDAY 27 SUNDAY

1. The contact will always be al MC M&y and Thumflay The uwi govanmcnt is rithrkar~ or updlinl aw al each week. ddegatcGimofromMahwiatthe~9fPilrBo~ (Farcign Wnhtar, deging tJmt if they Q not then SA 1. From 263.84 anwar& Pretoria will be listens in won’t give man gods to Malawi kucrrc Mrtawi deped~ to receive any messqea. on SA. 3. An romd time riU be cemmdated throqh Noa MB before 26.3.BI JUNE Winttt - eulla Summu - lmta 21 THURSDAY When at the top of the DIgc : 5 Monday Much ~cply to our messqe NV Special 1384 of 16.634 from c/charln-vanicu to C/Supreme Chief and Prddent of Rename. 1. 1 received you mesqge a~ 16.6.84. Jura 1994. 2 ahmalt - 1 16 1 64 ~~Autiats 2. Tk political climate here, intctrutiorully. is StiU inchiding Southem HQ had for contin* to sqpiy Rwmo. Any vidation ofthelncomatiAntadmolPprtrillprc)udicc South African attempts at peace in Southem Afria The sitmum CalId chelqp at any momslt, heame the Machel gomment hu seriaa pobkllp cI cm already he seen from Hanwands talks with Era

MAY 3. Renamo ma cantinuc to squetza Ma&d but h suchanyutoIscrslittlcwarnutaLl~~~ Awid cm&at with the FAM, @ving mare attartb n SATURDAY to de&row the economy, infrrctructwe mwl con~thepopulatian DFs who ere g&q to WCCthe reap#u -tars and 4. RwmohastoarvivtkangerMulnachel~ mdituy discipline co4use; the cause to be#n on 30 May a qgreemcnt with Rcrumo, but llcyc~ let Frdfm~ 1984. m that UChve no mac materiel. 5. I ant domg a study with my chiefs and I will cell Evo here IO explain OUT plan to him. We will then inform Your Excellency how the problem contained in the tttesstige you sent US was resOIved. JULY 6. e struggle continues, 20.6.64. I7 TUESDAY

Message of 20.7.84 from C/Charles to !Supreme C-in-Z and President of Rename.

1. The Secretary-General and two of o& men wiul 26 tons of baggage will jump from 16/E/64 onwards at the UZ east of inhazninga where t’re voluntper nude has last jump IJI March 84. 2. From there Yt Excelkncy’s groq will be taken 10 SA from 7/8/84 onwards with Wansport that wall take a few more tons. -

3. I wouJd he grateful if tk -dent could begin hrs journey to the DZ tab&g with him the chiefs he has for securing the DZ before l/8/84. He should also take plenty of cartiezs. Keep in permanent radio Contact with me.

4. The security of mouement, radio and DZ is extremcrly important.

5. K@Jly confirm the coor&netes of the DZ and titernative DZ in the ame area (LS soon as porrrible.

6. ItisnotpcmibdetouseGorongorsa DZ on 2@I7/64.

The rtruggle cantinoes.

. AUCiUST The General then announced to us that the South African 4 MONDAY Mintsters of Foreign Affalrs and Delence, Pik Botha and Magnus Maian, respectively want to talk to the Renamo delegation. Departure from Maclambozi to Zangarn zone. AUGUST 7/E/84 - We lelt Zangare for the Lojas of Chltalane. 9 WEDNESDAY 8/8/94 - We left Chitalane for the bench where we made an emergency base. This afternoon we agreed to the meeting, so we wafted 9/8/84 - We left our emergency base at 16h30 for the Zor the Ministers to appear. At 1640 on the same day we sea where we embarked at 19h15. We were received there had the expected meeting with the South African Government by Colonel Charles. Jolo (anouncer in Chissena) disembarked delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik from the same boat, Macuemule and another of our people Botha and including in the South African delegation the whose name we didn’t know. The journey to Durban took Defence Minister, General Megnus Melan, the Military 48 hours. Intelligence General Van Der West Huizen and Colonel Vanikerque, as well as Minister Pik Botha’s Private Secretary. 11/a/84 - We disembarked et 20hOD in the military harbour at Durban Natal. We then took a light plane to Pretoria AUGUST together’with the Commodore, Chief of Secret Operations for the Navy. We arrived at Pretoria at 23h15 on the same 9 day where we were received by Brigadier Van Tonder of THURSDAY Military Intelligence, SA’s Chief of Secret Operations, in the military installations in the Centre of Pretoria. Pik Botha stressed that the Maputo Government is still 12/8/84 - We had the first political lesson where S/General Eva Fernandes sketched to us in general terms Mozambique’s accusing SA of going on supporting Renamo and that on this very day the Frelimo Government put the following infernal and external political situation end consequently the character of the expected negotiations between Renamo charge against SA before Prime Minister Peter W. Moths : and Frelimo. 1. After the Incometi Accord the South African government 13/8/84 - We had the second political lesson. We had wet-d on supporting Renemo, with the indication that in the first meeting with general Van Der West Huisen to May, June and July they sent a total of 14 aircraft full whom we transmitted HE’s greetings, he having regretted of war materiel to Renamo. HE’s absence from SA contrary to the plans, but we explained the causes of flE% absence and the general agreed with 2. That there are officers in South African milltery us. circles directly linked to this support, with a mention of Colonel Vanikerke as one of them.

Written in the margin : 3. Colonel Venikerke said it a meeting in Parabola on 13/3/84 also attended by Adrian0 Bqmbn that the SA Government Commodore Morrisson betrayed Rename. AUGUST

13 MONDAY

As rtgar& war mattritl, AK-47 rmmtition, wt have U&s We had a meet@ with w Van Der Vertszam. foryou,andthcy~thcywlllscnditbutatthcmolaslt Arrlvtng In Pretoria thtrtart tmaqort difficulties. Since wt en no longer Jacinto Vcloso mt the CIjO aircraft, as thtst aircmft M tmkr Air Forre Serglo Vitin control, nor CM we me tht Navy as thmt m&ht be M Mumd Hali information ltnk as well 8s involviq~ m8ny pcoplr. And they went to put l charge against SA before Primt Minister In tht tvent of doitq this when WC wcn caqht out tfis Picttr Botha that; would imply a heavy stnttnct for M vm Der wet SA went an slpportlqg Rename In May, &me and July, Huisen, Brigadier Van Tort&r and Cobnei Vnfevtte, m 64. It would canstitutt a seriola violation of the tncowuti AUGUST Accord, which is vital at this moment for w South African Covcmment. I4 TUESDAY -mtBrigaditrwtntontosay:

To overcome this dffkulty we are goiq to t6e civilian 14/8/84 - We studied the content of the meeting we had aircmft that will land So Colonel Vaniktrkt will go to with Pick &the and dnw the following concltions : Gonmgosa on 22/0/64 to meet ti President of Rename so as to organize landing strips to make it easier to w ACGUST civil aircraft that CM land and not drop parachutes so as to avoid under-using capacity. 15 WEDNESDAY As for material for urban guerrilla warfare we shall send this, but not all the kinds of material asked fa, since there are some bombs that were assembled in SA, and it wti 6. That Pick Botha wants to remove the military as intermediaries between Frelimo and R-m& fo? compromise us rith the lncomati Accord, so we shall send time bombs and timing devices to work with l xphz5ives- him to be the one to serve in our negotiaticms with Frelimo, he even asked to be chsirman of the negotiatiofw. Finally the Brigadier told UY of the Frelimo delegntion’s arrival in SA. to settle securi?y problems. AUGUST THURSDAY

16 16/0/64

We had a meeting with Brigadier Van Tender and Colonel Venikeque, at our request, where we explained our request for war materiel, in accordance with HE’s instructions- Tbev pave us the following reply : AUGUST AUGUST I? 23 THURSDAY we had another meetiqg with Pick Both, who ws accompanied fry Minister Megnus Malan, Gmefal Van Der West Huisen, Mat&d that came al 21/8/84 : Brigadier Van Tender and Cohel Vaniker, as well as the 25 cases AK47 ammunition Minister& m secretarhs. 7 gallun of ? oil 23 rucksaclu AUGUST 3 blankets 2camofpetrol ldnrmofpetrol 21 TUESDAY Built material far e landQZ ti 12 cutfi~-belti Written at the top : I large complete UT 2 small UT 30 reams of white paper Journey from SA/Mozamblquc 23reamsofI~~ SfGenetaI Sfileswithcmw CiVaniguerguc 5 hole-prh& Melor 20 4OcmgnennJm VIM. 19 3Ocm white nrief~ 50 bhck p@ 46blMuepd 1 box or rUgleg It admive tapes 29 comJ=J- New retpest from H-E. PbatiC w 1 sack of Reno potatoa -mispdp ~~~~0 repah cbtlla NO.lIlIK!dkf~S-irp- 1cm#offantafaBdhh t&&es of aalesiw fa scoot- ptchea for mota-bylre AUOUST AtlOU- ts BATUIDAY 27 MONDAY

Wen208&Menm2S/0/84 No.1 Bettdbn b Coarvldvlt Demo% let C-~amy. 2omcrdtamlMta AUGlJsr n MONDAY AUCWSI n WEDNl!SDAT IMPORTANT

31/8/U 7. era AK47 we/u 12/1@/24 13/1./U 2l/lO/U 25/l O/U n/IO/U Nq 7/11/u m 2EPTEYBER

1 SATUBDAY I2/2/24 - hlmphlanbeAeferutogomd~ mm

20/2/24 - Take Genetat Ant&do Pa&q C/Tams and clbufo MomelQ l commmliatlam maa

24/2/84 - PutmeRaBlnoanqo6a.

N.B.: Between 10 md 24/2/84 Caner& Mutoandft~ muakputh M rmnut udtlng la GaKfol Ant6oio P&o.

l/lo/r4 - T&eal?the t3emmh lo SA. SEPTEMBER SEFTEiWBER

5 WINDAY 4 TCESUAY

-rs*i..“s YPPa mwsnmyj w&h the Chief Important 4. Sepere’- ltz ,,rQx,r,l(l-' IS.. "-,-v- ‘f Vi&en; with the Minrster (of Defence, MegrIm of Staf __ - CL Melen end with the Minister of Foreign AIlair% I% 31/a/84 - We !eft Gotongoae for SA where we arrived at 21X hours in the city of Pretoria. Bathe. With the first two it is for Vs to request “humeniterien eid”, end with the L&-named to sound 1/9/u4 - At 1130 we hed e meeting with Brigadier out his point of view about the expected * with Lan Tender and Colonel Charles. At this meeting the Frelimo. following points were talsed : 5. Finally it was agreed that our friends w&d qsteblish 1. Evecuatton of the generals from the South and North conditions for our delegation to be received tn some to Gorortgoaa In accordance with His ExceUency’s cotmtriee in Europe es in Africa, on which it was plan. As this request was granted, Brigadier Van kft to m to say which corntries would accept OIII Tender was to Inform us how the withdrawal o0erations prcsenn- would be done. SEPTEMBER

2. It was agreed that our ItienciP would arrange two 4 TUESDAY pessports for S/Vaz snd Commandant Mlteus, with the eim of feciliteting the journeys abroad. 419lU4 - We had a meeting with Geneml Van Da West 3. The former aIso informed us that the South Africen thisen, R. VM Tender and Cohn& Vuriketke. Minister of Foreign Affdm Pick Botha, oo 26/a/84, met the Ambsssrdws of the USA, Btitdn, France, 1. The Geneml indiceta his 6mptmIce of &E’s pkn and the Italan Char# ffAff&es in SA, when he comen&g the evaanhon of the gwtadq giuw promised them thet SA rouh3 do everything it could the order to If. VM Ton&t mil ccknd metks within the next 45 days to ensure that the Mozambican to deal with the m&et. question be settled, with Pick Botha appealing to the respective countries to help the government of 2. In uh? meetbIg R. van Tender spoke end referred SA to resch an urgent peace In Mcw.ambique. to Pick Both&x mt* with Chaster Cradca. the North American Aabtrnt tot Aftkan AffW 4. FinalfyGeneralVanDerWcstHuisennprcsKdhis concern and rw saying tltey em 6lW6ys side by side with Rename and that we shell stuly and work together, since out common prpasc k to rid Southern Africa of commurbm both militarily and politicalIy. 6 THURSVAY

S/8/84

Cohd Vmikerk Informed UI) how the Gaerab will he rl~wnto~r GenerelHavlqwudkan by-; -M6tiowouId~vebyarthroq#1 theborderat K Park, penetrate ale tmnua network; end GeneraI AntTit2 Pea0 rlll come al toot tof lack ot quick posslMPties to Ind l plane in 2La- md Malawi didn’t l ccept a8 rquat to lean by tint route. SEPTEMBER

? FRIDAY, 0 SATURDAY, f SUNDAY SEPTEWBER

Cominunhnt Matek~ jotned us an 5/1)/64, cam@ from s SUNDAY - th! nela -.

6/B/W - et 17hw we Iud a meethg with the Chief ot Staff of the South Afrlan Armed Forces, General VisIoen; 12. TheGawsaIrecommuadedaunottokfookdbp General Ven Der West H&en, R. VUI Tender and C&mel thcxhcmeJotPidrBothr~~hcb~tnl~,hceven Venikerke were vt aI: tJm meetin& qgmd with cbster CrockaL idea of Frelimo offering At the meet@ UK fblbwim w*u 4sc4msed : en amnesty to Rams110 mcmbcrs. “Humanitarian aid for Rename”

1. GeneraI VIhen m to sad IM ‘%umanItuian aid” in Air Force Cl30 planes.

2. He agreed with the evacuation of the geoamh.

3. He said he would do cmythln(l @WC to tmve at kast 1 how aa SABC, irdotmation about Ramma nctivitia end other r&a&d questiaw.

4. He recommended us not to kuse miJituy streqth end contro1, in the face ot these negotitkra

. 5. He said tht the ceasefire aawmtrh kdtective, he qreed with the pM of two to Uwte mcmths maximum. SEPTEMBER SEJ’TEWBER

10 MONDAY 11 TUESDAY

Ge!nemlVislocnrcntontoa8y: 10.9.94 htheenemoab l texactlY5WDneul(plt I egree with a joint atratqy for putt* Machei out. Becarae l j&pknctoCapeTownrhem-~~~~~~ we went to remove the it&am from ov regian of southern the F-&II Miniate Pick Botha in the Cw catch, from Africa, we have to employ a joint strategy to be 4bk to 2IhtkJ to 24h00. &@dk? v4M +arda, - v-e deknt commmism. In so& a way as not to kt the outside CoJonelfromthe~y)(tP~~~‘sW- world “USA” perceive it. Becmue the world is convinced pnxnt- that Machcl is churging, became -he dnsn’t seem to them to be entirely communirt. We want Itammo to win the war to remove the communists from the area. TIte USA SEPTEMBER has its way of fiitiqf the Rtssiu~, like South African poIiticiefn too, who have their way of ritirrg commrmism. t* WEDNESDAY And we soldiers have ollt way of fi@tM the Slussia~~ During the negotintiw we mrat begin with strcq w For this we have to keep the negotiation go@ for some time, we must never accept fint time. 7 Asked about the saqbension of ecalomic qgreemalb Firm& general Visiom guumnteed ui that he is m ov from SA to Maputo, Pick Both refrscd. m 1 side until final victory, Cl30 planes for Mozambique, humanit.m-ian *ill only m M-t0 t0 COIN t0 the wba aid Common strategy to defeat commrnbm in Southern xriaaly and not with the story of the amnesty- Africa.

SEPTEMBER

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On 10.9.84 Pick Botha haf fvqsQL thi%t the Res’mmo dekg8m shouidbeunderhbwingendthatthcmtitary~lodr after the Raramo &kgatiaL Br. Van Tandcr e tbt he co&h? because the Rename delc-etiar would drays have to be in conted with the Pm*.3t in mmbiquc. SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER

I4 FRIDAY 28 THURSDAY and 21 FRIDAY

25.9.84 12.9.94 ow heed of &l~tion went out wing the on arriveI at un! rvs&nce HEUOS68&byikiglUhU morning. VW Tender who @VC r&oming gmtirg. Ht cnphraixd that Picb Both riU speak to HE tomatrow, eml riH’pos5ibIy tn order to mollify the South African govemmcnt he -ted esk the rouowhg qwstiaw for his inform&ion : B meeting with some RnntWan country. SEPTEMBER 1. If Renemo continua to receive aid from SA. 2. I’hethhk~ofRaramoantheInconm tiACCWd. 16 SUNDAY 3. If the! South African militey are au?yhqg out the hcometi Accud

26.9.84 - at IWOO HE had e meetiq with Manjor D&q 18.9.84 - c/Reul ardvol in Pretoria with 2 more soMiers. of South Africesl Mfibry hW!uguKe la rWz&unGql@e. He gave e miiituy brief% QI the milibry situation in 19.9.84 - GencnlHeMques arrives in Pretorie with Mozsmbiqoe based an their monitor&g ti inlormntia~ 2 SoMien they have JiptheYmL bl pulicuIer Manjov Dtwy pve In thepa6itimof~fareign~etsf~theE8ste¶llb&c 20.9.84 - GeneralHauiguc3grolpMd~tofC/Raul who M in Mamblquc, including zimm emd -rm tagethec with c/uatcus Iewe for Gorongosa. forces.

SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER MONDAY MONDAY

. ocTo6BR CcroBElt a MONDAY 21 SUNDAY

Aircmlt lnovemalt plan : al 19.10.94 me Dakota amived at 17h30. 21.10.84 - Gwmgqa It todtarganemh. at llh30 - Dakota ~~VallToadaMiwdbgtheroCpla,Ufthth objective of parudlq tlRtoaatdthepo4ttlclmmtowr 21.10.84 atore-opemthetaRmuithPhlimoon23.la84. at 23hSB OCTOBER 23.10.64 - Inhambute at 23h59 - ‘Cl30 27 SATU BDAY

25.10.04 - Zbmbaia at 23hOO - Cl30 27.10.94 - N at 23hSB - Cl30 lJpaac%crr: OCTOBER Evo Fm Jagecorre& 12 FRIDAY GIdeone Maa A.J. de Fonaeca Vlcente Ululu Mat- Ngodm’;lo Flight to G~oSa. Joequim Vu

Colonel Van Kerk GENERAL PLAN N* 1 OF 24 FEBRUARY IS84 Lieutenant Long John

OCTOBER 1. DestroytheMozambian-myinthed- Deakmy the communlatiaa routes to pfevcnt UtxWbl rd impats II SATURDAY 2. to and from abroaq and the movement d domes?? pmducc-

3. Prevent the acthitiu of fores (vtcs) kauc * uethemostd8qpowintherecovevyofthe~my. HE has a scooter accident at the general Staff &se. dohrs arrived by pBnne from SA at 22hO0, treated HEThe . asd rekumtd at 2hOO JII f4.10.84. MESSAGE FROM CMANDAN7 CHARLES TO PRESIDENT OF RENAMO Colonel Va nkerke e&a ined the reasm that led him to meet the President of Renarrp in

Gomngo se on 26 May lg85: They arrived by plane at I8 hours on 26 May 198s. The group comprised Colonel Vanikerke, I advise the President of Rer~mo that Pick 8o- I. Colonef Grel, Bar&as and tr*o cWc?ors. All tha instructed me to advise the Presidalt of Re- soldiers. na mo tha t the Portuguese ta pita I ist &lhosa from Brazil is in Pratxla end wishes !o talk to the President of Rename. In addition ta ny wish for a personal visit to 11. Pick 8oths asks the President of Rena ITXI to lee Va nikerke: ve for SA to talk to the capitalist &lhosa from Mr. President, t was sent by my superiors to Bra 211. pa ss on some rema rks of these leaders to Mr. President. III. He asks the President to allow the capita list Bulhosa to visit the President of Henarm in Go- Va nikerke: Furthermore the Deputy Minister of Foreign rongosa; but it will be very difficult because Affairs, L;-uis Nel, is still Interested in E3ulhosa -8s already 86 yea PS old. the search for peace in Mozambique, for v&ich reason he asked me to come and say IV. It appears tha t Secrela ry-Genera I Eva Ferna& to the President that if possible he will des is nol a ware of IhIs. It is part of the Pick visil the President here in Gorongosa on Botha plan lo eliminate the Secre- 7, 8 a’hd 9 May, INS, wirh the aim of ta I- lary-Genera I from the Ia Iks. king lo the President of Renal about the sitw tion in Moza rrbique. v. I am waiting here with tra nsmitlers for an i”“e_ In my view, I think that a visit by him here dia te reply from the President of R ena m. in the interior is highly feasible and desirs ble for Rena mo given Ihe current situation, ‘II. Gcept my sincere greetings and highest compli- for he would thus be fully informed on the ments to Your Excellency and Family. 12.1.65 Mozambique situation in regard to the Re- The struggle continues natm movement. He said in addition that his coming here would be without the krmw- &NO ledge of his chief Pick eOtha. y~nlkWk8: *me of the points the I Minlsler Lou.8 -1 will raise with the President are at fol- 7. I am asking H.E. to Inform ma of low: the Cahora Ba 88s pow lines, the situ8 tion of the two Fkariarr the SA/khputo hi* tanolon linaa. The still in Ranrnvjs hama; taecaue SA/bAa puto ra i Iwa y a nd tha SAN pUr0 ~OS d. Iota of organiza tianr m putting * will later ask Rename not to attack pcauuracm ua andwamtoknow thass ta rgcts. ml the nDsl In$orlent the Ruaaiana’ situation, the Itip point the t brings him here is to ask fir tionat Rad Cross fa example are a resunption of Rena mo/Frelimo ta lb. arklng for the trw,Raiana. And w South Africans are not able to expla in the situation. ~1 nlkcrka: My point of viewon Louis Nal@s Coming to Gorongoaa , 1 think tha t H. E. could place President: HE gave an Inwbediate reply on poira 7, some conditlorq, such a a ta king the opportb+ saying that he -Id tell General Visloen ty for him to bring Evo with him, howavar tha particularly for nis oyln infornration alone Preaident before ta lking to Louis Nel should first ta Ik to Evo for a picture of tha current and for NO-ONE else: the two Russi L 6-6 are dead, IY) langcr exist. political situation abroad, and at least one Wecansay journalist so that it s’.ould k reported. dontI think any mre about thef:ussiarw beta use they a renlt there, they ha VC gone into (he abyss, the triwrph of Marxisnc -Leninism. Vsnikerka: I am also bringing Mr. President a message from our Armed Forces Chief, General Visloen:

I. Greetings to His Excellency. I assure Mr. President that Rename still has frienda In tt+e South African military. I hope that Mr. President understands the difficulties that v.e South African soldiers have with our politicians.

II. I a Iso pr%se the Prasldant of Rena no tha t as for involvement of South African troops in Moza nbiqua% interna I conftict, 1 should say that as soon as we receive orders from ny governmant for my troops lo g0 and fight in MoZa mbique against Rena np, a II the genera Is my colleagues and I myself will resign from the armed forces. 6. We the South African Milltory guarantee the passage of Refmmo men in SA or transit, in case of need. OEFINITIVE REPLY BY l-l. E. THE PRESIDENT DF REN_A COMJERSATtON BETWEEN H. E. LvI(D CoCo(*EL VANIKER- ~0 TO THE POINTS PRESENTED BY CDL. CHARLES KE ON 5.6.85 MEETING 27 MAY 85. 20 MAY 0s. President: I am putting forward the possibllity of us having a radio transmitter here inside M B- zatiique in our liberated areas. Comrrunica tion is an extremely big and irrc I. Items that Rena em wants sent in the sa me sir- era ft that carries Deputy-Minister Louis Nel portant weapon in a war like this one. The here to Gorongosa on 7 June 09: world doesntt know of us from here inside. The world has only had ina deoua te infornht ion a bout Rena m coming from Lisbon through medicines. Fuel (diesel, petrol and pa ra ffin). Plugs for Honda SD tnotor-bykes. Office our spokestna n Jorge Cocreia , who is often tguipment. Duplicating ma chines for repro- less credible. duct ion. Reams for prepa ring documents. Ma teria I for art design, ma teria 1 for wood Charles: I guarantee the President tha t the problem sculpture. And more that our friends can of energy for c/AtfInete will be resolved, provide at their discretion. beta use I have a friend who can fir some- thing for the purpose. I a is0 guarantee II. The Deputy-Minister of Foreign Affa lrs, Louis the possibilities of radio trarwmitters. &;I Nel, can come here to Gorongosa on 7 June ail this will depend on this weekend. I5MS in a ccorda rice with his request, since it Is beneficia I to us and only in this way can Charles: We could thin!- about 4 transmitter-receivcr- Rena r a*s situation here in Mozambique be cia - -reia ys for Rena m: I directed abroad; I for rified persona Ily, as well as it being a victory the Centre; I for the South and a nother for for Renatm and at a time v&ten your govern- the northern zone. &oadcasting abroad mnt Is side by side with the Marxist govern- would be from the Centre. mnt of FreiirrP. N. I3. We wt take into consideration that a: the moment we ca nit buy anything in the na m of Rena mo. But as far as the transmitters are concerned we can manage because we still have them in store.

. The problemthat Iseeisn't thatofay ruoQorl -----. . . ---- .al--_.. .- . -- ing the South African GovermuM. It is -PI van w wesr ruma asva *c. ttmtlseetheneedforReMmotogiveoe- F+esidenttopUor*rritea nms8agemthe putyawlister Louis Nel a hope of soiving back 0ftheseSphotoa sothat itcanbe tha probhn that he is codng here to dircuss given to the Focelgn Minister Pidr aothe, with the President on 7.6.65. II will be LSe- foe him to wnsidcr the question. Andshould fui to mke himsee that Rename wili win heremalnanenemyof Rau&hehlnralf this war. For my part, I will do everything will destroy the phot0. Therefore Irlr. Prc- possible to carvince my s~~pcrior officers skknt will wrrite an the 4 photoe fwr us to (generals) that Renanu~ will win this war. haveaJPles. General Visloen will sand the head of the Louis Nei must leave here wirh the gua ra II- army with Louis Nei, or the deputy-tin&s- tee and hope of a peaceful solution In Mo- t* of dafence and police who is 100% in ~a mbiguq this is to enable him or any fa vow of Rana tm. The objective of the other South African envoy to come here to cO,lpany is to help Louis Nel lo Feflect on the interior VIKWC often to have more con- the problem when !,e is resting, Eut tacts with Your Exceii~. Because only the basic idea is for 1% military to get in this way will it be possible to keep the influence over Louis Ncl. road to here open; and I will always. have the opportunity of comirrg here. For us Seth African military Louis Mel Is the llbst honest of the South African po- Charles: I suggest to the President that in the case Iitlcians. of Louis Net sa ylng that Frelim will not I would a tso suggest to Mr. Presidcn that agree to say publicly that it is going to ta Ik he doesn’t let Louis Nel hear about the ro Rena mm. tra lning that the doctors a ndGrelIng dld here Inside. Wha t I sdd to you was only what my goners! Visloen ordered me to come and say to Your Excellency. For security rea sons and Praldent: l amvery keen that Fatendo return-90 so to avoid distrust I suggest that the tram- w&i to dea I with the renewa l of his *WWU we will do all we an la ter should be from Rena mo and not myself. passport. to gw ra ntee I3 Minister LWiS Ncl that we Rena mo ttWst never guarantee to Louis Nel are going to win this war and that we want tha t he can come here a lone whenever he IL 10 win it peacefully. k=, otherwise It will put our Wendship in doubt (South African Military). You IIWS~ glue him to understand that should he need to mm here it Is a I wa ys necessary for the military to come hue first.

. Chd rleS: Mr. President can ta Ik about everything, but never a boui Rena nb strategy. And you wust a Iso telt him that Rana mo controls MESSAGE FUCM COLONEL Z3HARLEs TO FJRESDEM OF RENAMO ON THE FoRlwER’S MIVAL WITH LOUtS FEL a II this&#?try) and Is appropriately srructurcd here in the interior, both mltira rtly IN PRETORlA ON 6 JU’E 1965 and politically. 1. We arrlvtd safely on 6 hne 196s. I wasp@-+ senton 9 &ne85whenLouisNel hada meet- THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN t-f. E. THE F’RESIOENT OF jng with our high comnd about hfs visit. RENtdo At’43 THE SOUTH AFRICAN OEPUTY-MfNtSTER He was very satisfied and hopeful with the OF FOREIGN AFFAtRS LOUIS NEL AT lH30 0N 8 JUNE 1985 wow as. AT THE GENERAL STAFF f3ASE IN GORCJNGO!SA We shalt need to come back again to talk to You- Excellency next weekend. The big problem for Louis Net is how to handle his initia- Louis Net: We ca me here as friends. this Is the na- tive wlthln the South African Government merit when we must and can discuss mra m- ltsetf k-i-3 out certa In efms like Pi&. blque’s problems and those of the whole of 2. Louts Ne+ a &vised Genera I Vltjoan that we must Southern Africa. be very careful with the khul of n*rtaiel we are supplying to Rmll~, so as mt to viola It THE Zm MEETING OF H.E. WIT)-: LOUtS FEL AT tOt-KX.2 ON the hcoma ti Accord as this could prejudice 8.6.65 his initiative and the current proq-ess.

Louis Nel: Mr. President when was this base made ?

Mr. President have you tra incd your pcopte before they go to fight ? Have you received msny Frelim officers who desart tORmn*l.mQM mNDANT c34ARLEs l-o FRESIDENT OF RENAMO How- has hrslth be:n handled In yov ocga- nlsa tlon, where are your rnrses tra lned 7 1. I will arrive there samday night at 2OHX?. The If you wit1 allow me, Mr. Pr~siderU, I wilt graQ coming is the Mnista a ml his secretary, ask the doctor to m&e me a list of the me- 8arbas and the two doctors and the Rigadier. dicines t-at are in short supply hue for m , to bring w!.en I return on my next trip. 2. Wehavecargobutnotvcrymuch. They leave tAmday I d.dy e. I and Barbas and the two doctors What Mr. President needs a tot of is war will stay for two weeks. material and uniforms. Anddo you have sewing ms chines ? IamgoingtoEvq~~~ymcning. 3. 1 have Inatruktl~ to ta kc the patient who is N- pa ra lyzed If bur ExcelI- agrees that he I sha II be ba ck on 29/7/?35. should go to huepita 1. Thepersottshouldbeat When I come back my Inttcntlon will be to the airport on Sunday nl*l. return to Moza mblque. I sha II be meeting Viloso on Fr’ \ y.

SECONJ VISIT BY THE OEPUTY-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAlRS LOUIS NEL TO OLR CAPITAL -ONGO! ON I sha II tell him if they do mt accept ta tks 2 JUY I995 the war will go on for nrany years. I shall speak so as to leave the !dea that Renanp has assistance abroad, I shall say that SA: LOUIS Nel (Deputy-Mlnlster of FA) yenarrp is a self -reliant IIDvm. Brlga dler Van Tender I shall say that I invitedRenamo inorder to Colonel Vanikcr’*e know the current wa r situa tion in Mora mbique Colonel Grelllng Doctor we are going to fool ourselves that ooctor Rename has military support abroad, &t Rena mu has no foreign support but has the tota I support of i 1s people President: Welcome Minister once aga In to out- provi- siona I capita I Gorongosa. On this basis we are going 10 negotiate with Ret-tang for peace in Moza mbiwe. I shall not say that I was in Mozam- Louis Nel: Thank you Mr. President. biq ue W’len we left here last time on 8 June 85, I sha II say that the President of Rena - we went to tell Frel imo tha t pea ce must be rm is moving from one side to the other, conditiona I and uncondltiona I. so we are going to negotiate peace, Sip ce the fa ct tha I South Africa has been FIN4L P4RT CF THE MEETl>G WITH LOUIS FL supporting Rename is not going to solve the problem, as we know that Rename has interna tiona I support and it is The 66C 6 o’cloch news today reported inpossible to stop it. The international press gave me the that Erita in is going to tra in Frelinr, offi- Mozamique situation, that was gear. cers in Zimbabwe. Thirty officers will be The ta !ks will be uncondiliona I, but the assigned, the tra ining will last S months and .fiII begin in January next year. I be_ peace will be xnditional: t do not I ieve tha t by Ja nua ry next yea r the wa r want to give advice but you rruSt un- will already be over. dersta “d, YOU rnrst hold peace nego- tiatiorts 10 n-m ke it seem to the world We had inforrna tion a bout tha t weeks 3 g,,. tha t the President of Rena m wants I agree with the Minister when he says pea ce in Moza mbi9ue. tha* by January next year the war will be over, either Frelirru loses or Rena mo What I habe in mind Is ths’w6ole war The ANC having left Mozambique does not strategy Iii Mona mbiQue. mean that Frelinr, doesn’t supQoct it, it The Presidsnt of Rena CIO will have to mu kc supports a ctiveiy, therefore Rena no is a statMnmt and go MI teiilng the world that a friend of South #rlca 1s. he war*6 peace negotiations. We were friend6 in the past and today we In tha world telilng the truth Is o good weapon wust be frienk. (saying that I am for peace). I will certa lnly follow the advice the mlnis- 1 sh611 mmtion’the proposal of negotia iion ter gave me, our problem Is dlplomcy. not sav+p that Ma chel refused the negotia - tlons, since S. A. anrid appear in a bad h&31: I shali -1 with Evo and he wiii cot# on the might. S.A. wants to play a Very InPg m/7/95. I will tell him how l’spdre with tant role. We want to w ko Frellnr, enter the President. Into mgotla tlons. This will make Frellnm lose its dlpioms ttc weight. President: Irepeatthatlamverypleased, sndlshaii You Presldam have shown yourself as a take the message of these ta Iks to our ca 6g head of sta ta seeking pea td. We need.the intonational press. Ii is gor, Nd- l-he Residemt shouid be discreet. sible that nhsll come from Europt, tha two w \\I be needad (the Secreta ry-Ganara I and President: Renan~~ Is discreet. WhenI speakofca- Ja MIPO da F-C- 1. dres I mean those who are here. It mcam that I shall explain to them. So that they President: Everything you have aa id Is what is In q know we have South African frisnds. heart a6 you were saying ihal. our pro- NC1 - blem is that it is not ttnder6tood why we I belieus that good will corn of It. are strugg1hg. I betleve that 100% of the points you focussed are the problm thatRenamhas. Andttjankyoufortha adVICe, because it IS proof Of trlWd6hiP and the a rriva I of the Secretary-Ganaca I End and the Secretary for Foreign Reialions Is very imtant. It Is theywhomgtplay Ws rote abroad. This -sa tlon wlf I go down In our history. Focmeitopened up a vision, I was Inpressed, It makes ms say that wehavefriends InSouth Afrfca, thls conversation guamws frlehlp, I don’t want to make mnny ~0tmt6nts and 1 am very pleased because the minl8ter was abte to focu onRenatr@s problem and Re- nam want8 cdC0. FROM THE PRESIDENT OF RErJAMO TO FRIEND COMMANDANT CHARLES

I My friend Commandant Cnarres, we no longer have war materiel, Vf Friend Cpmmandmnt Charles should not forget that our enemy mainly in the central end southern areas of our country. will do everything possible to disorgenize IB in the centre of the country. II We appreciate that we received that last cons&went but as soon es we unloaded, we had to relieve all the regions in the As we no longer have the war materiel to go on squizezing Machel central area, includiny rete region, as they already lacked materiel as we were squeezing just efter the signing of the fncomati Accord to respond to the massive olfensive that Frelimo had just both in the centre and in Maputo, tower& his final defeat. For announced would be launched after the signing of the lncomati as we are now without war materiel to fight him he will recover Accord. end that will force us to shift out bases about as they go on chasing us eLl over the place. This could cause a bad situation to occur 111 So we want to Pemllcl our friends of the pledge they gave us for us identical with that of 1980 when we were so badly hit of keeping up support to us clandestinely. by Rod&a abandoning us.

IVb We think this is an opportune moment for our friends to send We are however certain that this ~111 happen to us because we us a consignment, since even Machel has made repeeted no longer have the war meteriel. and our Secretary-General accusations against South Africa. and our other politicians are not aware of the bad results that could follow. since they follow only our victories end not the ’ 1 \ We need ammunition to sustein the war in the central areas of possibilities Machel has of wiping us out. I the country. IX However, efter this message, I feef that friend Commandant Here in the centre our friends could shp in a ship with a bigger Charles will be very sympathetic. es he has always been the load than we received before, and that would allow us to sustain South African Government’s official wtative to Renemo. the war for the whole of 1984. tie guarantee every safeguard. and I in particular as President of Renamo appreciate the valuable I personelI\ will be present for this operation. For the southern duties you fuifil, appreciate the work you have done and are area of the country, as our forces already have bases in the areas doing, with all affection end incomparable devotion. However south of Coba in Catuane. it will be easier to carry out those the wer you have always represented end still mpresent has not joint operations friend Commander Charles knows well. and you yet been won, and even if your government has cut off the uqport know can be done in small consignments. for this we shall also it gave us, our friend Commandant Charles, according to the recommend to our forces the maximum of security and avoidance promise you made us, we are still assured. of leeks. 16 Jrne 1984 END II According to the statement by our Secret6ry-cmcral, Evo Femandes, the difliculty lies in channelI@ these war communiquis from South Africa to Portugal, he said that he has &e~dy found another communiceticms channel with you and the pmbiem of routing information has been solved.

As Commandant CMes knows fuil well about the difficulty Rename has in communicetiw with the Secretary-General from FROM THE PRESIDENT OF RENAMO TO FRIEND COMMANDANT here in the interior, it means that we have nc other way except CHARLES throq$ you friend Commandant Charles. HI I am eware that you ere preparing a journey here to the interior I We received your message of 20/7/84 and fully understand all and that you will come with Evo Femendes and Brigadier Van Tfmder. You will be welcome to our provisional capital. it contains.

II As for the DZ area I confirm full security. 22 July 1984

21 July 1994

FiWM THE PRESIDENT OF RENAllo r0 FHIt.: 1) (‘OUMANDANT CHARLES

I In accordtlnce with yoltir pru}m>ol. b for the consignnlent lo come with the transport thnt WIII rollcc-t the group, we should uppreclate your not Including in lttflt c-on3rgnnlrnt ammunition for G3 wetrpons. JS we do not htivc thnc t;.) weqnml.