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D. !-1ozambicue
While Mozambique has a relatively large number of
Zao.wean re!ees, foreign assistance rela-ed to their
needs has been hampered by government and -'4beration *4cve­
ment policies which isolate concentrations of refugees in
relat.vely remote areas and which deny or limit-access to
them -v doncrs who wish to he!p. Moza-_bi-e, 0, .. uzse, is
the -a-n haven for :i-babwean African Naticnal 'Union (,')
,Muaaze; refu-ees, =art of whom are recei:inc mi.i-a-.traini.n
an- part si-ply waiting -uthe stor. 'ma. attached).
Since in e ..... :.n June .'75, -- e q-coer-.-ent u.nder
hne dc-inat-on of the Front for the Lieration of Ma:mbique
(FRr.L : has transf.red .
the co',ntry's political and economic
str'cture according to Marxist-oriented philosophy. Up to
the p-.'esent, this -csture has restr.4cted coperation with
outside ontr~es, es;cay t.hose of t.he .;est. This, plus
-he depar-ureof most ?crt. uese, has caused steady econo.c
decl;.ne and loss of an;-inistrat've efficiency. nturn", the
-- .... t. tc deal w:-n such e-erzences as refucee
.n* aux is a-fec-ed. Added to this _s the -cverren. of
Mc:amzcue 7C!..) desire as a "rontlne state to coccera-e
W-,'.t "AW in assisting the .atter in Patriotic Front efforts
to oust the :an Smith regime in Rhodesia and to assume
control of an independent Zimbabwe.
There are hopeful signs what the GOM is relaxing its
4-ittide toward western cooperation. Along with ZANU, it
is more o.eny seeking wetern assistance in dealing eith
broad develcpmental problems, as well as such specific
demands as those _mp"sed by refugees. A S10,000,000 PL 480
(Title grant - this summer did much to prove the genuineness
of the U.S. desire to help the country and the refugees. The GOM
29.