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    THE "LIBERATION" OF GOA, THE TINY PORTUGUESE TERRITORY ON THE WEST COAST OF INDIA, WHICH IS NOW UNDER INDIAN MILITARY RULE, BROUGHT SWIFT REACTION IN ANGOLA, THE PORTUGUESE COLONY IN AFRICA.

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    Background: THE "LIBERATION" OF GOA, THE TINY PORTUGUESE TERRITORY ON THE WEST COAST OF INDIA, WHICH IS NOW UNDER INDIAN MILITARY RULE, BROUGHT SWIFT REACTION IN ANGOLA, THE PORTUGUESE COLONY IN AFRICA.

    FILM FROM LUANDA, CAPITAL OF ANGOLA, SHOWS CROWDS AT PROTEST MEETINGS ON DECEMBER 19. SHOUTING AND WAVING ANTI-NEHRU BANNERS. THE CROWD ASSEMBLED OUTSIDE THE PALACE OF THE GOVERNOR, WHERE THEY LISTENED TO SPEECHES DEPLORING THE "ASSAULT ON PORTUGUESE TERRITORY".

    IN ANGOLA ITSELF, PORTUGAL HAS BEEN FIGHTING NATIONALIST REBELS FOR SOME TIME. ANTICIPATING FURTHER UPRISINGS, PORTUGAL HAS RECENTLY MOVED IN THOUSANDS MORE TROOPS TO REINFORCE ARMED FORCES AND POLICE ALREADY THERE.

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    Film ID:
    VLVA58RQN5HBUQFNO95W2LI7T14HH
    Media URN:
    VLVA58RQN5HBUQFNO95W2LI7T14HH
    Group:
    Reuters - Including Visnews
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    27/12/1961
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:10:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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