On the Lisbon docks, long lines of Jeeps and trucks waited for the next ship to Africa. At the airfields, planes loaded with paratroopers took off and headed south. Dictator Premier António de Oliveira Salazar was marshaling his forces to extirpate the black rebels of Angola, Portugal's richest overseas possession.
Although Salazar's censors tried to hide the fact, the revolt in northern Angola smoldered on unchecked. In one month, if reports trickling out from the scene could be believed, terrorists had killed 350 white Portuguese. Gangs of Africans armed with long-bladed panga knives...
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