East African Meteorological Bureau

As Mozambique and Angola fell into East African hands, East Africa no longer concealed its ambitions for the two regions. Government departments and subordinate agencies across East Africa also began moving into both places under the Cabinet's leadership.

Leading the way were government institutions such as the Meteorological Bureau and the Land and Resources Survey Bureau. East Africa had obtained very little usable data on these two newly acquired regions.

Although Portugal had colonized them for centuries, effective development of Angola and Mozambique had really only begun in the past few years.

Will, Director of the East African National Meteorological Bureau, said, "At present, vast areas of Angola and Mozambique have seen no human activity for a long time. There may even be all kinds of wartime deserters lurking there. Therefore, personnel working in both regions should be issued and carry weapons. Observation stations should first be established in areas already developed by the Portuguese. Pay attention to personnel safety."

During the war, large numbers of Black soldiers in the Portuguese Army had taken the opportunity to flee. These soldiers had also carried off the modern weapons issued by the Portuguese Government, making them highly dangerous.

East Africa had yet to launch a "cleansing" across Angola. The main forces were still fighting southward, and apart from a small number of cities and important agricultural areas, there was almost no surplus population at this time.

Portuguese prisoners were mainly concentrated in the eastern port regions, ready at any time to be handed over to the Portuguese Government—provided, of course, that the Portuguese Government offered the terms East Africa wanted.

The East African Meteorological Bureau's task was to summarize the climatic characteristics of Angola and Mozambique, complete the national climate map, and guide East African agricultural production. This was extremely important to