1.
GV PAN..PLANTATION AREA
0.05

2.
LV TROOPS ALONG PATH, PAST BURNING BUSH
0.10

3.
SV DITTO,TROOPS CHECK BUSH FOR REBELS
0.14

4.
STV TROOPS ARRIVE AT WRECKED BRIDGE ON ROAD
0.18

5.
SV PLANKS AND THREE TRUNKS, USED TO REPAIR BRIDGE
0.22

6.
SV ARMOURED CAR ACROSS TEMPORARY BRIDGE
0.26

7.
SV LORRY DITTO
0.30

8.
LV TROOPS AND LORRIES MOVE FORWARD
0.34

9.
LV MAIN HOUSE AT ZALALA PLANTATION, BADLY DAMAGED
0.38

10.
SV PAN..PLATOON OF TROOPS ARRIVING
0.42

11.
SV OTHER BUILDING DAMAGED BY REBELS
0.47

12.
LV TO SV PAN..MAIN BUILDING,PAN DOWN TO TROOPS AND NATIVES
0.51

13.
SV NATIVE RECEIVES MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM PORTUGUESE
0.55

14.
SV ANOTHER DITTO
0.59

15.
LV NATIVES CARRYING BASKETS TOWARDS PLANTATION
1.04

16.
LV NATIVES PICKING COFFEE BEANS
1.07

17.
SCU DITTO
1.10

18.
SV DITTO
1.14

19.
LV ARMED GUARD WATCHES NATIVES EMPTY COFFEE BEANS ON TO DRYING AREA
1.18

20.
SV GUARD WITH SUPERVISER CHECKS COFFEE
1.21

21.
LV ARMED GUARD WATCHES NATIVES SPREAD COFFEE ON DRYING AREA
1.26

22.
ZOOM IN..COFFEE BEANS EMPTIED INTO DRYING AREA
1.30



Initials TDH/S/WS/ES



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Background: PORTUGUESE TROOPS HAVE BEATEN TERRORISM IN NORTHERN ANGOLA. THIS WAS STATED BY THE GOVERNOR OF LUANDA RECENTLY. ARMED FORCES OPERATIONS HAD ENDED, HE SAID, AND GIVEN WAY TO MILITARY POLICE ACTIVITY. TROOPS ARE NOW EMPLOYED GUARDING VOLUNTEERS WORKING ON RECLAIMED PLANTATIONS HARVESTING THE COFFEE CROP - SO VITAL TO ANGOLA'S ECONOMY.

OUR CAMERAMAN RECENTLY ACCOMPANIED A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS - ESCORTED BY PORTUGUESE TROOPS - WHEN THEY RECLAIMED A LARGE PLANTATION AT ZALALA. TREES ACROSS ROADS, BURNING BUSH, AND POSSIBLE AMBUSH VANTAGE POINTS ALL HAD TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE THE UNARMED VOLUNTEER HARVESTERS PASSED THROUGH. ZALALA PLANTATION WAS ONE OF THE FIRST OVERRUN BY TERRORISTS, AND OUR CONVOY FOUND RUIN AND DESOLATION. ONCE THE LARGEST IN THE AREA, ZALALA PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT FOR THOUSANDS OF NATIVES AND EUROPEANS.

QUICKLY ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES, TROOPS AND AUTHORITIES WERE SOON BUSY TREATING INJURIES AND ANSWERING QUERIES OF LOCAL NATIVES WHO HAVE BEEN IN HIDING SINCE THE ATTACK. THE VOLUNTEERS BEGAN HARVESTING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, FOR THE RAINY SEASON IS FAST APPROACHING, AND THEN HARVESTING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE PER-CENT OF ANGOLA'S COFFEE CROP HAD BEEN LOST BY TERRORIST ACTION IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, AND PART OF THIS WAS OWNED BY THE TERRORIST THEMSELVES. ANGOLA'S FINANCES ARE SAID TO HAVE SUFFERED RELATIVELY LITTLE SINCE TERRORISM BROKE OUT LAST MARCH.