Interesting article for those with a fondness of the history of December 1961 of Goa.
Goa was the jewel that adorned Portugal's seafaring past but it is pretty disgraceful that they were cheap enough not to have any planes to defend the territory, nor any arms or personnel to put up a good fight against Indian forces. At a certain point in time, Salazar the economics professor might have been the saving grace of a tired Portugal but as far as any diplomatic energy was concerned, he possessed none. Portugal was a member of NATO and a friend of Pakistan and the Agha Khan. He had sufficient knowledge of what India was going to do and yet he had no strategy or foresight to ensure Goa would not fall into Indian hands like a ripe mango. He deserved what he got - a humiliating defeat. Roland Francis Toronto > On Dec 19, 2016, at 8:36 AM, Goanet Reader <[email protected]> wrote: > > December 18, 1961: A Message of *Paz e Calma* > > Panjim-based veteran advocate > Fernando Jorge Colaco has a > different perspective from the > dominant narrative of what > happened in Goa on Dec 18-19, 1961. >
