1.
LV ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, CATETE
0.05

2.
SV TROOPS GUARD BANDAGED ENTRANCE.
0.07

3.
LV REBEL PRISONERS
0.12

4.
SV TROOPS GUARD REBEL PRISONERS
0.16

5.
LV COTTON PICKERS IN PLANTATION, ARMED GUARD WITH JEEP IN F/G.
0.18

6.
LV PEOPLE PICKING COTTON
0.22

7.
ZOOM IN...WOMAN PICKS COTTON
0.27

8.
SV TROOPS HELP COTTON PICKERS
0.33

9.
SV PAN....BOY CARRIES BASKET OF COTTON ON HEAD
0.40

10.
LV JEEPS PATROL PLANTATION
0.44

11.
LV LORRY ARRIVES AT COTTON MARKET
0.49

12.
SV SACKS OF COTTON UNLOADED
0.53

13.
GV COTTON MARKET
0.57

14.
ARMED TROOPS AND ANGOLANS AT COTTON MARKET
1.01

15.
LV COTTON BEING WEIGHED
1.06

16.
SV EUROPEAN WEARING REVOLVER, SEATED AT DESK, PAYS ANGOLANS
1.15

17.
LV ARMED LOOK-OUTS ON TOWER
1.17

18.
SV ANGOLANS AND ARMED TROOPS AT COTTON MARKET
1.21



Initials KJ/S/WS/BB


EDITORS: SEE ALSO PROD. NO. 6359/61 - ANGOLA REBEL BASTION CAPTURED.

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Background: RECENT FILM FROM ANGOLA SHOWS REBEL PRISONERS AT CATETE, AND PORTUGUESE MILITARY PATROLS PROTECTING COTTON PICKERS IN THE CATETE REGION - SOUTH EAST OF LUANDA - AGAINST TERRORIST ATTACKS.

ANGOLA'S MAIN COTTON BELT STRETCHES OVER 60 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE OF CATETE TO MARIA TEREZA. A SMALLER COTTON CENTRE IS AT BAIXA DE CASSANGE IN THE MALANGE DISTRICT. ALTHOUGH COTTON - AS COMPARED WITH COFFEE AND MAIZE - IS OF LESSER IMPORTANCE TO ANGOLA'S ECONOMY, IT PROVIDES THE NATIVE POPULATION OF THE CATETE REGION WITH A GOOD STANDARD OF LIVING. THE COTTON IS OF EXCELLENT QUALITY AND ANNUAL PRODUCTION AVERAGES SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS.

THE ANGOLA REBELS, NOW HARD PRESSED AT THEIR STRONGHOLD IN THE NORTHERN AREAS, ARE STILL ENGAGED IN GUERILLA OPERATIONS CONCENTRATED ON COTTON AND COFFEE PLANTATIONS. MANY ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN CATETE BY SEVERAL HUNDRED PORTUGUESE PARATROOPERS AND INFANTRYMEN GUARDING THE COTTON HARVEST AND PATROLLING THE ROAD WHICH CONNECTS LUANDA WITH NOVA LISBOA IN THE SOUTH.

IN A SPEECH AT OPORTO, PORTUGAL , AUGUST 28, THE PORTUGUESE MINISTER FOR THE OVERSEAS PROVINCES, DR. ADRIANO MOREIRA, INDICATED THAT TROOPS SENT TO ANGOLA WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO SETTLE THERE AS FARMERS ONCE THE EMERGENCY ENDS. HE ALSO ANNOUNCED A STATUTE GIVING FULL CITIZENSHIP TO ALL AFRICANS IN PORTUGUESE TERRITORIES.