MacCaulay
Banned
However, Portugal did have more formal links with Rhodesia than most other states did. Portugal did maintain a diplomatic mission in Salisbury that was an embassy in all but name. Portugal had also accepted an independent Rhodesian representative against the wishes of the British government in September of 1965 (just before UDI). Also, Portugal's national airline TAP was the sole European carrier to serve Salisbury between 1965-1975 (making it one of the airline's most lucrative routes).
Another country that had somewhat close relations with Rhodesia was Greece. The Greek government refused to close its consulate in Salisbury due to the country's large Greek community of 15,000. Also, many of the tankers that ignored the oil embargo against the Rhodesia Pipeline were Greek vessels. Also, Greece was a military dictatorship at during the 1967-1974 so its government was not too concerned with human rights.
In the latter stages of the Rhodesian War, the South Africans sent 8 T-55s to Rhodesia that they had intercepted on a cargo ship bound for Mozambique for use by FRELIMO; they ended up being the only heavy armour that the Rhodesian Armoured Corps would ever operate.
It makes me wonder if there couldn't have been some sort of Iran-Contra-type deal with the South Africans selling arms to the Portuguese through ARMSCOR and setting them up on the ramp at Joburg or anywhere else, then a Portuguese aircraft flagged under their national airline could pick it up and fly it to Salisbury under the normal route.
That way the Rhodesians are able to get arms on a fairly regular basis that are high quality, the Portuguese don't have to ship them literally thousands of miles, and the South Africans get to maintain some semblance of benevolent neutrality.