GENERAL SURVEY OF ANGOLA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001500560024-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 13, 1999
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: September 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY : Angola
SUBJECT : General Survey of Angola
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Follows is, the table of contents of the General Survey:
PART I
THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE
Chapter I INTRODUCTION
Chapter II COLONIAL ORIGINS
Chapter III
Henry the Nayiga r
-imperial Greatness
Missionary Enthusiasm
Southward to Sell
Eo11 nd Interferes
Maritime Eclipse
IN I A,TIQNAL RIVALRY
African ,Scramble
Brussels
Berlin
South Africa
World War I
Chapter IV COLONIAL POLITICAL. DEVELOPMENT
The Heroic Age
Tr,k Aric
Li'ber Interlude
The Republic
Chapter V SALAZ4R.AND THE "ESTADO NOVO"
The "F,stado Novo"
Dr. Salazar
The Coagorative State
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Chapter VI FOREIGN RELATIONS
Brazil
Spain
Great Britain
Russia
Chapter VII CONCORDAT WITH THE VATICAN
The Padroado
The Missionary Agreement
Chapter VIII MODERN COLONIAL POLICY
Western Domination
What is a Colony?
France
Great Britain
Portugal
Colonial Principles
Will they Prosper
Chapter IX COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION
Western Well-wishers
Colonizing Experiments
Trading Posts
Military Government
Direct Rule
The Colonial Office
The Colonial Charter
The Overseas Council
Appointment of Governors
Staffing
PART II
ANGOLA - AFRICAN CINDERELLA
Chapter I PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Area
Situation
Geology
Climate
Temperature
Rainfall
Vegetation
Rivers
Chapter II
Indigenous Tribes
Population
Occupations
Foreigners
Land-rights
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Chapter III NATIVE AGRICULTURE
Crops
Shifting Cultivation
Erosion
Chapter IV LABOUR SHORTAGE
Slavery
Labour Recruitment
Chapter V EDUCATION
Language medium
Primary Education
Higher Education
Chapter VI . MISSIONS
Breakup of Animism
Early Missions
Degeneration
Roman Catholic Missions
Protestant Missions
Bible Translations
Government Supervision
Official Suspicion
Chapter VII ADMINISTRATION
Governor-in-Council
Provincial Government
Local Administration
Government Gazette
The "Colour" Question
"Assimilation"
Chapter VIII JUSTICE
Western Standards
Unofficial Native Courts
European Judiciary
Defence Forces
Chapter IX HEALTH
Infections
Malnutrition
Medical Services
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Railways
Roads
Airways
Harbours
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Chapter XII
INDUSTRY
Agricultural Producta
Stock-farming
Timber
Fisheries
Rubber
other Industries
DimOnds
Mica
Copper
Manganese
Chapter XIII FINANCE
Currency
Cost of Living Index
Taxation
- European
- African
Customs Duty
Chapter XIV NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Chapter XV CONCLUSION^7
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