Portugal, the poorest country in Europe, spends a million pounds a day fighting three African wars; 150,000 soldiers face guerrilla armies in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea. Recently the sacking of one of the top generals - who dared suggest a more flexible colonial policy - brought into the open this fundamental debate in Lisbon: can Portugal continue to use half her national budget hanging on in Africa while enormous industrial investment is desperately needed back home?
Tonight, Europa talks to the general who fired the argument, and includes film from Guinea, the poorest and least secure of Portugal's African possessions. Introduced by Derek Hart
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