UN General Assembly
1969

such circumstances, it was simply held with all its crew, who have remained prisoners to this day. 193. All our protests have been in vain and Portugal continues to pursue its criminal activities with impunity throughout black Africa, clearly with NATO’s blessing. 194. Portugal, more than any other State, is aware of the doom to which it is heading, because it knows better than any other State that it is bogged down in a war that will inevitably consign it to the scrap-heap of history. That is why, with the madness of a cornered beast, it has adopted the ultimate tactics used as a last resort by those who are doomed to failure and desperate scorched earth tactics in the combat areas and the physical elimination of those who are fighting for independence and the freedom of the oppressed peoples. 195. The assassination of Mr. Eduardo Mondlane in January 1969 and all the other attempted assassinations of African leaders are among the ignominious acts that will loom large in the list of colonialist crimes. In condemning