Zambian-Tanzanian invasion of Portuguese Mozambique

Could Zambia and Tanzania launch an invasion in support of FRELIMO during the Mozambique war of independence

Would this be successful in forcing Portugal from Mozambique

How would this impact Portugal's other colonial wars
 
Zambia was Soviet-aligned and Tanzania was Chinese-aligned: do you see an easy collaboration?

Also, what's in it for them? Fighting for the socialist cause? Pan-Africanism? Or some future gain
in terms of access to resources (and in the case of Zambia, to the sea)?
 
Zambia was Soviet-aligned and Tanzania was Chinese-aligned: do you see an easy collaboration?

That's interesting, because Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia seems to have played some role in propogating Mao's Theory Of The Three Worlds, which justified China's anti-Soviet position from the mid-70s onward.

Chairman Mao Zedong (hereinafter referred to as Mao): We hope the Third World will unite. The Third World has a large population!

President Kenneth David Kaunda (hereinafter referred to as Kaunda): That’s right.

Mao: Who belongs to the First World?

Kaunda: I think it ought to be world of exploiters and imperialists.

Mao: And the Second World?

Kaunda: Those who have become revisionists.

Mao: I hold that the U.S. and the Soviet Union belong to the First World. The middle elements, such as Japan, Europe, Australia and Canada, belong to the Second World. We are the Third World.

Kaunda: I agree with your analysis, Mr. Chairman.

Mao: The U.S. and the Soviet Union have a lot of atomic bombs, and they are richer. Europe, Japan, Australia and Canada, of the Second World, do not possess so many atomic bombs and are not so rich as the First World, but richer than the Third World. What do you think of this explanation?

Kaunda: Mr. Chairman, you analysis is very pertinent and correct.

Mao: We can discuss it.

Kaunda: I think we can reach agreement without discussion, because I believe this analysis is already very pertinent.

Mao: The Third World is very populous.

Kaunda: Precisely so.

Mao: All Asian countries, except Japan, belong to the Third World. All of Africa and also Latin America belong to the Third World.

I'm not sure where this exchange took place, but I'm assuming in China(Mao didn't travel much), maybe at a non-aligned meeting. Assuming the date at the top is the date of the conversation, that puts it a few months before the end of the War Of Independence.

This seems to be a pro-Stalinist site, but I doubt even they would outright fabricate an exchange between Mao and Kaunda.
 
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