Report on a conversation with a spokesman for the Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies' permanent secretariat in Morocco, named Aquino de Braganca, who is a native of Goa, India, and a member of the Goan People's Party. The conversation covers two main issues: First, the current political situation in Angola, and second, the status of Goa's struggle to oppose Portugal and gain independence.
September 16, 1961
Telegram from Chinese Foreign Ministry to Embassy in Morocco, 'Currently Inadvisable to Invite Kakodkar to Visit China'
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Telegram From the Foreign Ministry
Sent to: Morocco
Status: Regular
Currently Inadvisable to Invite Kakodkar to Visit China
Embassy in Morocco:
We received your cable of 9 August. According to the investigation and report of the Chinese embassy in India, Goan People's Party general secretary Kakodkar is a well known leader of the Goa movement, and is currently a member of the Bombay (Maharashtra State) Indian Communist Party committee. According to [relevant] people in the Indian Communist Party, the Party is currently strengthening its work in Goa, and it would be inadvisable for Kakodkar to go to China before India's election. At the same time, given that neither he nor the Indian Communist Party Central Committee have formally proposed [a visit], we consider it best not to invite him to China for the time being. Should Braganca ask, you can respond that a report has been sent to China. Please continue to report on any new circumstances.
Foreign Ministry
16 September 1961
The Foreign Ministry advises against inviting the general secretary of the Goan People's Party to China for the time being.
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PRC FMA 105-01057-01, 49. Translated by Anna Beth Keim.
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