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Belgian Economic Survey MissionThree econom,ist~ from the Soci~t~ de Recherche Op~rationnelleet d'Economie Lp;oliquE!e CS.:>Rc;9J-2.L5.?1...P.ve.rmeTOl'; se Brusse's, Herecontracted by the Associaq1!o Portuguesa das Empresas do Ultremar to l'1~l:ea c1.eta;'ed econer; C BUry",y of gozambiqu~. They had compiled a reportin EelgiUJa (the outline of >rhich, in French, is enclosed) but since itHaS based on documen ts provided from Lisbon, some aspects of wh ich heconsidered outdated, Hr. Vandestrate had recOll'lnendedthat an on-sitestudy be made. ~a1~yer, he c~~~d not regard their visit as seyious or\lorthHhile since the head of tJ,e.g.l'.9}lp~..l;L.__Jean Goossens, stayed in theProvince'-less""than" five ""d.ays"andthe other nlO economists, ;·;essrs.Stassin and Gouverneur, only fifteen days (September 24 - October 8),l1hich in his opinion ishighly inadequate for an economic survey. IfHr. Goossens does return for a longer stay, as he said he wouLd , lu- .Vandestrate Hill believe in the seriousness of purpose of the mission\lhich he otheTHise considers a propaganda junket •Er. Vandestrate added that the value of their program Hasfurther diminished by the fact that four Belgian journalists Here in-cluded in it.1'''-............ - --_ .... -_ ...__ ..~·L,o·.J,arguesPage 2,-."",hile that of one of the journalists was unfavorable. He added that these Im-pr essi.ons were undoubtedly ""lQJ;..d !:>y.the fact..th'it~1r~...G~o~~l"'\s.was "beingpaid" for what he said ",hile :tltQ j,mrMlih: (l,r,hord.he:eti.d ~o::.iete~tify) is re-tdtb C 't····· .pu e 0 e "pro- amm.unlS ''''.~. -. .,. ~. • " .. III •• • Itaw ..~o • ~ ••• 0 ~ •. 08 ~ e " ••• a.2. The Consul General's Personal Viel'1sQueried as to his min asses~lent of the situation. Mr. Vandestrate"qan b s;ta.tingthat he r~:"----="'-~-'---:---"-'''''''-~-'-" c .. ' _".~,r-- --_ ..l:'-:--~; .......'~-~-',,:-:~;,~-,'" ," .' ',.:;.,.. "c.",'"", inds it dif-ficult to obta1n frank information from officials and contacts. He said that>Ihereas he would understand such difficulties by Fmericans, he failed to under-stand their reticence towar d a Belgian ("un1ess they think I ",ill pass informa-tion to the l'.mericans") since the Belgians understand the problems of thePortuguese in Africa, having had their min experience in the Congo, and particu-larly after having helped the Portuguese at the time of the Angola crisis. Hefinds there is too much secrecy, too little competition in business and industry,too much of it in the same fel'lhands, and price fixing for ra", materials bymutual agreement.He stated that he could not estimate the safety margin for investmentbut remarked that the partners in the Companhia de Cervejas e RefrigerantesHe.c1';2.hon,Si'RL (see 1'ITDR)wh ich is to begin operation in January, 1965, Herepegging their prices so as to recover their initial capital investment ",ithinsix years. Referring again to competition, he crnmented that animosity on thepart of the partners in the established brffilery,Fabricas de Cerveja Reunidas deHoc:cr.,bique,Lda. (see HTDR) is apparently so great that the HacHahon group haspo~ted a 24-hour guard at its construction site for fear of sabotage by theirfuture competitors.3. Solidarity ",ith South Africavlith respect to South African investments as a shOl" of confidence inl-Iozambigue, l,;r.Vandestrate stated that South [,frica's Transvaal and at leastthe southern part of Mozambique, regardless of Government in pOl'ler,are inter-dependent; that since an important portion of Mozambique's revenue ",as earnedby South African shipments through the port of Louren,o Marques, an acc~odationthrough mutual pressures could always be arrived at. He added that a recentvisit to South Africa left him ",ith the impression that South Africans are un-realistic in thinking of mutual defense through arms and planes, not realizingthat the greatest danger is from quiet Sino-Soviet bloc infiltration and sub-version.In this connection, Hr. Vandestrate stated that "he has heard" (hedid not reveal the source) that the Soviet ships off the J;ozambique coast vrer ecarrying helicopters.· ,€0N?;rDE)1T:U~L- .. · .." ", ----~ 0 • •• • , , ..".;,. · ..· • .. . . • • . .. , ·.• .. • .. • •i-·~'~.~.7~.'.::'~ ,::>,-;;J",t~.~;i~~:·~'.~:'.".."\.~.::"~":.',~;."':~ ..?),'<-;"~::..,",...o.;-o~'''-'-.{:.~~:>:'".." .. ' . \.(,- ~Vl:"'··.UJL1 •. !.".L.:..L ... -.:.. ........- Lco , j·;arquesPage 3 f':;;~~::"....~r_rffY""...."."'''-'-..;'....; ;"~ .'"11r. 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