UN General Assembly
1971

232. However, the enemy who thought that the firing of cannons and machine guns would suffice to cause the downfall of an African regime underestimated the ability of our people to defend itself. Thus it was convinced that the Guinean people supported its cause and that it would suffice to land in order to elicit sympathetic demonstrations of support. Events showed that he had grossly miscalculated, because not a single man, woman or youth among the valiant people of Guinea came out in its favor. The fifth column, which was camouflaged in our ranks, was immediately neutralized by the people bearing arms. 233. The report of the Security Council's Special Mission stresses, in paragraph 38, that "The operation seems to have been well planned and carried out with professional skill and precision". Indeed, according to documents taken from the prisoners, the plan of aggression of 22 November 1970 was called "operation 5535547071", the text, of which follows: